New Zealand outlying islands

The New Zealand outlying islands are nine offshore island groups that are part of New Zealand, with all but Solander Islands lying beyond the 12nm limit of the mainland's territorial waters. Although considered integral parts of New Zealand, seven of the nine island groups are not part of any administrative region or district, but are instead each designated as an Area Outside Territorial Authority. The two exceptions are the Chatham Islands, which are covered by their own special territorial authority, and the Solander Islands, which are part of the Southland Region and Southland District.
Eight island groups sit on the New Zealand continental shelf, which forms a part of Zealandia. The Kermadec Islands, northeast of mainland New Zealand, are on a ridge, whose location as part or not part of Zealandia is not yet proven by geologists. Both sources show a map drawn of Zealandia, marking the location of islands north and south of New Zealand.
The term is also used sometimes to further encompass the Balleny Islands, a group of sub-Antarctic islands technically considered a part of the Ross Dependency and covered by the Antarctic Treaty.
The five island groups of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, including their territorial seas, are a World Heritage Site.

Island groups

The nine island groups classed as part of New Zealand's outlying islands are:

Map	Island group	Location	Coordinates	Area	Highest peak Altitude	Notes
	Antipodes Islands	New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, east-southeast of Stewart Island / Rakiura			Mount Galloway	Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site
	Auckland Islands	New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, south-southwest of Stewart Island / Rakiura			Mount Dick	Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site
	Bounty Islands	New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, roughly east-south-east of New Zealand's South Island and south-west of the Chatham Islands			Unnamed point on Funnel Island	Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site
	Campbell Islands	New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, SSW of Stewart Island / Rakiura			Mount Honey	Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site
	Chatham Islands	South Pacific Ocean, roughly east of New Zealand's South Island			Unnamed point on Chatham Island	Largest outlying island group, and the only one with a permanent population.
	Kermadec Islands	South Pacific Ocean, roughly north of New Zealand's North Island			Moumoukai Peak	Northernmost outlying island group, consisting of a range of volcanic islands which are part of the wider Tonga-Kermadec Ridge. Despite having no permanent population, a meteorological station on Raoul Island is permanently staffed.
	Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands	Convergence of the Tasman Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, roughly northwest of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua			Unnamed point on Manawatāwhi / Great Island	The islands are on a submarine plateau, the Three Kings Bank, and are separated from the New Zealand mainland by an 8 km wide, 200 to 300 m deep submarine trough
	Snares Islands / Tini Heke	New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, south of New Zealand's South Island			Unnamed point on North East Island	Part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands World Heritage Site. Given a dual name with the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.
	Solander Islands / Hautere	West of the Foveaux Strait, roughly south of Fiordland on New Zealand's South Island			Unnamed point on Solander Island / Hautere	Only outlying island group to fall within the authority of a regional council, in this case Environment Southland. Given a dual name with the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.

Population

The islands are all uninhabited except the Chatham Islands.
There is a staffed meteorological station on Raoul Island of the Kermadec Islands. The meteorological station on Campbell Island has been unstaffed and automated since 1995. There was a meteorological station on the Auckland Islands from 1942 to 1945. The Three Kings Islands and the Auckland Islands were formerly inhabited. There have been failed settlement attempts on Raoul Island, the Antipodes Islands and the Auckland Islands. The Solander Islands have never been inhabited except by shipwrecked sailors or marooned stowaways.