Is New Zealand an Australian country?

[indian airlines]

Really!, There are six continents according to the school books in Canada,
1) North America,
2) South America,
3) Europe,
4) Asia,
5) Australia,
6) Antarctica

Seven Dale, you forgot Africa.

[MaxPower]

I feel like a noob, Hmmmm Is Greenland a continent or just a big fat island of ice ?

[Crunk415balla]

Really!, There are six continents according to the school books in Canada,
1) North America,
2) South America,
3) Europe,
4) Asia,
5) Australia,
6) Antarctica

Same in the states, except over here we've heard of a land called Africa.

[Greg Wilson]

Seven Dale, you forgot Africa.

Africa and New Zealand are part of Australia.......have been for a while........
Both The Department of Immigration and Centrelink,have major offices in both countries,together with regional offices throughout.

[ptbodale]

Seven Dale, you forgot Africa.

For crying out loud. How did I miss that? I shouldn't be reading JP at work. Thanks Indian Airlines (very embarassed here).

Also you wouldn't call a Kiwi and Aussie just like you don't call a Canadian an American.

[LUNN]

Australia & The Pacific States sounds much better than Oceania.

[Simpleboy]

Cept that doesnt solve the problem of people mistaking Kiwis for Australians.

[Will M]

Hell ,

I think if we wanted to belong to any Continent , It'd be Antarctica over Australia anyday

We're certainly part of Australasia but I have no idea where the Pacific Islands fit into all this

[ptbodale]

I think some people are trying to rewrite history...and geography.

[DAL767-400ER]

I feel like a noob, Hmmmm Is Greenland a continent or just a big fat island of ice ?

Just a big fat icy part of Denmark, and as such European .

[aca_srbija]

Alot in Australia refer to our region as Australia and Oceania. I think Oceania is more suitable.

Cause we hate being called Australians

yes, or being known as the 7th state of Australia.

Anyways the question was logical asking why a country lying next to a continent is not referred to as being part of it, in Africa Seychelles, Mauritius and Reunion Island which lie halfway between Africa and Asia are associated with Africa.

not true. Mauritius and Reunion are close towards Madagascar, which is towards south-eastern Africa along the coastline of Mozambique. As for Seychelles, they lie just under the equator and they are near the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania and just north of Madagascar in Eastern Africa. And Seychelles isn't close enough to the Asian continent to be considered part of Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Africa-map.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius