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Road Traffic:left side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:I,
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL G
DVD-Region: 4
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
Area:
total: 268,680 sq km
land: 268,021 sq km
water: NA
Climate:
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
Terrain:
predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
Economy
GDP: $101.8 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 2.2% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $25,200 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 3% (2005 est.)
Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Exchange rates:
New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001)
People
Population: 4,076,140 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 0.99% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
Languages:
English (official), Maori (official)
Government
Capital:
name: Wellington
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in March
note: New Zealand is divided into two time zones, including Chatham Island
Independence:
26 September 1907 (from UK)
Note: Information on New Zealand was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about New Zealand, please visit one of the links below.
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