New Zealand

New Zealand Aotearoa (Māori)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthems: "God Defend New Zealand" (Māori: "Aotearoa") "God Save the Queen"^{[n 1]}
Location of New Zealand, including outlying islands, its territorial claim in the Antarctic, and Tokelau
Capital	Wellington 41°18′S174°47′E / 41.300°S 174.783°E / -41.300; 174.783
Largest city	Auckland
Official languages	English^{[n 2]} Māori NZ Sign Language
Ethnic groups (2018)^[3]	71.8% European 16.5% Māori 15.3% Asian 9.0% Pacific peoples 1.5% ME/LA/African 1.2% Other ^{[n 3]}
Religion (2018)^[4]	48.5% No religion 37.0% Christianity 2.6% Hinduism 1.3% Islam 1.1% Buddhism 1.9% Other 6.6% No answer
Demonym(s)	New Zealander Kiwi (informal)
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Monarch	Elizabeth II
• Governor-General	Patsy Reddy
• Prime Minister	Jacinda Ardern

Legislature	Parliament (House of Representatives)
Stages of independence from the United Kingdom

• Responsible government	7 May 1856
• Dominion	26 September 1907
• Statute of Westminster adopted	25 November 1947

Area
• Total	268,021 km² (103,483 sq mi) (75th)
• Water (%)	1.6^{[n 4]}
Population
• September 2021 estimate	5,129,000^[6] (121st)
• 2018 census	4,699,755^[7]
• Density	19.0/km² (49.2/sq mi) (167th)
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Total	$226.566 billion^[8] (64th)
• Per capita	$44,226^[8] (42nd)
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$243.332 billion^[8] (50th)
• Per capita	$47,499^[8] (22nd)
Gini (2019)	33.9^[9] medium
HDI (2019)	0.931^[10] very high · 14th
Currency	New Zealand dollar ($) (NZD)
Time zone	UTC+12 (NZST^{[n 5]})
• Summer (DST)	UTC+13 (NZDT^{[n 6]})
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy^[12]
Driving side	left
Calling code	+64
ISO 3166 code	NZ
Internet TLD	.nz

Contents

Introduction

Geography

Demographics

Environment

Government

Economy

Energy

Telecommunications

Transportation

Military

Transnational Issues

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