Cook Strait

American  

noun

1. a strait in New Zealand between North and South Islands.

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Cook Strait British  

noun

1. the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)

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Cook Strait

With the Cook Strait between New Zealand’s North and South Islands in the way, the easiest option was to take a domestic flight — one of hundreds that zip across the country every day.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

In March, he set a new world record for the fastest swim across the Cook Strait - the waters between New Zealand's North and South Islands.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2023

Ferries that cross the Cook Strait to link the North and South Islands leave nearby.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

The nation’s research community has a collaborative, can-do attitude — as Goetz’s Cook Strait survey attests.

From Nature ● Sep. 3, 2018

More directly in the central line of advance, and certainly not less romantic in its beginnings, was the extension of the faith to the shores of Cook Strait.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)