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New Zealandis an island nation inEarth'sPacific Ocean,located southeast ofAustralia.Thehumansliving there are commonly referred to as either New Zealanders or Kiwis; it is also home to the native Māori and Moriori people. All groups combined are outnumbered 7 to 1 by sheep, a fact which Australians find intensely humorous.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Ten thousand years in Earth's past, theDynobotstarshipSkyfirecrashed in what would become theFranz Josef Glacierin New Zealand's South Island.Spotlight: GrimlockMuch later in the modern day,Grimlockorbital bouncedto the ship and spent some time there before being lured away by theMachination.Maximum Dinobots #1

TheMonsterbotslater appeared in the glacier after responding to Grimlock's call for help.Maximum Dinobots #2The Dynobots eventually repaired theSkyfireand left New Zealand alone.Maximum Dinobots #5

Spacewarp's Log

In the 31st century, New Zealand became part of the global island-basedUnited Kingdom,the only Earth nation to not be overrun byInhumanoid/Darkling Lordconquest.Spacewarp's Log (2), 2015/12/05

Renegade Rhetoric

TheDecepticonGo-BotsattackedAuckland,New Zealand's largest city.Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/07/14

Notes

• The native name for New Zealand inte reo MāoriisAotearoa,though this has yet to be used in anyTransformersmedia.
• As in Australia, New Zealand'sTransformersDVD's are supplied byMadman Entertainment.
• Also like Australia, everything costs considerably more in New Zealand than it does in America, includingTransformerstoys, which are usually twice or even thrice as expensive.
• New Zealand has a hard time getting new wave releases, and some major exclusives; generally those sold throughWalgreensandHasbro Pulse.Most exclusives sold throughTarget,WalmartandToys "R" Us(when it was still around), tend to get redistributed as exclusives under either of New Zealand's five major retail stores.
• New Zealand has five major retail stores that regularly distributeTransformerstoys: Toyworld, department storesKmart(not the same branch as the US store of thesame name),The WarehouseandFarmers,andMighty Ape.There have also been other chains such asEB Games(again, not the same branch as the US store), bookstoresPaper PlusandWhitcoulls,and supermarketCountdownthat have been known to carryTransformerstoys from time to time, but these are infrequent and generally sell random selections of product rather than entire waves.
• New Zealand was the first country to premiere the2015Robots in Disguisecartoon in English.
• Clive Revill,who playedKickbackinThe Transformerscartoon, was born and raised in New Zealand's capital city,Wellington.

External links

• New Zealandat Wikipedia