Wallis and Futuna are two islands in the territorial seawater of New Zealand . True Or False?

Question

Wallis and Futuna are two islands in the territorial seawater of New Zealand by virtue of the exclusive economic zone or EEZ.

True or False

Answer 1

True?!

Answer 2

False.

Wallis and Fatuna lie between Fiji and Samoa, quite some distance from New Zealand.   The islands are French Territory.  At best most countries only can claim 200kms from their seashore (or to the edge of their continental shelf) as the limits of their exclusive economic zone (fishing etc).  These islands are not even close to being inside New Zealand's extreme possible limits.

Answer 3

False. New Zealand's territorial waters only extend 12 miles. A self-governing overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer) of France, the Wallis and Futuna {wahl'-is, foo-too'-nah} Islands are two groups of islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, between Fiji and the Samoas — roughly 4,600 km / 2,858 mi. southwest of Honolulu (Hawaii) and 4,000 km / 2,485 mi. northeast of Sydney (Australia). The islands have a total land area of 321 km2 (124 mi2) and a population of 15,435 (2001 est.) — with 60% under the age of 20. Roughly two-thirds of the inhabitants live on Wallis, the other third on Futuna.