Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

New Zealand \New` Zea"land\
   A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

   {New Zealand flax}.
   (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb ({Phormium tenax}), having
       very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish
       a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the
       like.
   (b) The fiber itself.

   {New Zealand tea} (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub ({Leptospermum
      scoparium}) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of
      which are used as a substitute for tea.

Source : WordNet®

New Zealand
     n 1: an independent country within the British Commonwealth;
          achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907;
          known for sheep and spectacular scenery
     2: North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in
        the South Pacific