New Zealand

New Zealand

Aotearoa


Flag	Coat of arms

Anthem:

"God Defend New Zealand"
"God Save the Queen"^{[n 1]}

The hemisphere centred on New Zealand

Capital Wellington
41°17′S174°27′E / 41.283°S 174.45°E / -41.283; 174.45

Largest city Auckland

Official language(s) English (95.9%)^{[n 2]}
Māori (4.2%)
NZ Sign Language (0.6%)

National language English (98%)

Ethnic groups 78% European/Other^{[n 3]}
14.6% Māori
9.2% Asian
6.9% Pacific peoples

Demonym New Zealander,
Kiwi (colloquial)

Government

Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

- Monarch Elizabeth II

- Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae

- Prime Minister John Key

Legislature House of Representatives

Independence from the United Kingdom^{[n 4]}

- New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 17 January 1853

- Dominion 26 September 1907

- Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931 (adopted 25 November 1947)

- Constitution Act 1986 13 December 1986

Area

- Total 268,021 km² (75th)
103,483 sq mi

- Water (%) 1.6^{[n 5]}

Population

- March 2012 estimate 4,430,400^[6] (122nd)

- 2006 census 4,027,947^[7]

- Density 16.5/km² (202nd)
42.7/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate

- Total $122.193 billion^[8]

- Per capita $27,668^[8]

GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate

- Total $161.851 billion^[8]

- Per capita $36,648^[8]

Gini (1997) 36.2^[9] (medium)

HDI (2011) 0.908^[10] (very high) (5th)

Currency New Zealand dollar (NZD)

Time zone NZST^{[n 6]}(UTC+12)

- Summer (DST) NZDT (UTC+13)

(Sep to Apr)

Date formats dd/mm/yyyy

Drives on the left

ISO 3166 code

Internet TLD .nz^{[n 7]}

Calling code

+64

Contents

Introduction

Geography

Demographics

Government

Economy

Energy

Telecommunications

Transportation

Military

Transnational Issues

Environment

Health

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