New Zealand

New Zealand's Māori did not come from Australia but descend from people who left Taiwan. By canoe through the Philippines and Papua, they reached New Zealand around 1200–1300 CE. Before their arrival, the islands had no humans—and no mammals at all.

The distance between Australia and New Zealand exceeds 2,200 km—farther than Seoul to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The sea between the two countries is roughly large enough to fit India entirely.

The kiwi bird lays an egg weighing about a quarter of its body weight—proportionally the largest egg in the world. Thanks to this enormous egg, kiwi chicks hatch nearly fully developed and can survive on yolk nutrients for about two and a half weeks after birth.