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The Snares Islands are an uninhabited group about 200 kilometers south of New Zealand's South Island, made up of North East Island, Broughton Island, Alert Stack and the Western Chain Islands, with a combined land area of 3.4 square kilometers. They are administered as an Area Outside Territorial Authority within New Zealand.

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The Snares Islands (Māori: Tini Heke; officially Snares Islands / Tini Heke), known colloquially as The Snares, is a group of uninhabited islands lying about 200 km (120 mi) south of New Zealand's South Island and to the south-southwest of Stewart Island / Rakiura.
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