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Deleted poor references to the boundaries. User talk:Alan Liefting

There are more than 3100 glaciers in NZ over 1 hectare in size, I believe the 360 figure is from an old estimate in the 60's. I don't have time to find a good citation for that figure though.

I've also found several sources claiming that the Australian plate is being subducted, not the Pacific.