The only Asia region countries include Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

唯一的亚洲地区国家有澳大利亚、新西兰和日本。

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Nowadays, the Australasian nations are the status quo powers in the region, and New Zealand is again closely allied with America.

这一地区现在的实际大国是澳大拉西亚诸国，而新西兰也已再次与美国结盟。

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China, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are all located in the Asia-Pacific region and their economies are highly complementary.

中国与澳大利亚、新西兰、巴布亚新几内亚同处亚太地区，经济互补性很强。

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The United States (6th) topped the combined Americas, Singapore (10th) just pushed out Australia and New Zealand to lead the Asia Pacific region, the United Arab Emirates (28th) was the highest performer in the Middle East and the Seychelles (38th) overtook Mauritius to head Africa.

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Meanwhile, the region is still negotiating with a number of New Zealand-based players after coach Paul Turner and chief executive Gethin Jenkins went there last week.

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Lawmakers in New Zealand last week made it the first country in the Asia Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage.

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