Tasman

American

[taz-muhn, tahs-mahn] / ˈtæz mən, ˈtɑsˌmɑn /

noun

Abel Janszoon 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.

Tasman British

/ ˈtæzmən /

noun

Abel Janszoon (ˈabəl ˈjansuːn). 1603–59, Dutch navigator, who discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Tonga and Fiji Islands (1642–43)

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Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has moved to Australia after a stint in the United States, national broadcaster RNZ said, joining record numbers of her compatriots moving across the Tasman.

From Barron's

In late February and early March, three Chinese navy ships traveled through the Tasman Sea and around Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal

The report also raised concerns about Beijing’s moves geopolitically, including more “coercive tactics” such as live-fire-military exercises without notice in the Tasman Sea.

From Barron's

The surface at Seddon Park had a more appreciable straw-coloured hue, but the outcome for their Test contingent hoping to find form before they head across the Tasman Sea was similar.

From BBC

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