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falsedan on May 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: They knew it was round, damn it

  > New Zealand is part of Australia. (Continentally-
  > speaking!! Don't flame me, Kiwis)

I'm not a kiwi, but NZ is on a subduction zone so can't be part of an existing continent. PNG is probably more what you were thinking of re: AU.

function_seven on May 26, 2016 [–]

You're right. I was thinking of Papua New Guinea. I seem to always imagine NZ as being much closer to AU than it really is. Thanks.

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