context: New Zealand is made up of two main islands, North (Te Aca Maui) and South (TY Poonamu) in Maori, and several other smaller islands located near the center of the hemisphere. The northern and southern islands are separated by the Cook Strait, which is 20 kilometers wide at the narrowest point. The total land area 268,021 sq km (103,483 sq mi) [40] is thus slightly smaller than Italy or Japan and slightly larger than the United Kingdom.
question: How much is New Zealand?
answers.text: 268,021 sq km