New Zealand

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Capital Wellington
Currency New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Area total: 268,680 km2

land: 268,021 km2
water: NA note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands

Language English (official), Maori (official)
Electricity 230V 50 Hz
Coastline 15,134 km
Internet TLD .nz
Coordinates 41 00 S, 174 00 E
Airports 117


New Zealand is located in Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia. The two main islands, which are much larger than the rest and where most of the population lives, are the North Island and the South Island. The latter is often a little ironically referred to as the "mainland", especially by its residents, it being only a little larger and having a lower population. Stewart Island/Rakiura is by far the biggest of the smaller islands, although Waiheke Island has the third-largest population.

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[edit] Main New Zealand chain

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[edit] Customs & Immigration

[edit] Weather & Climate

temperate with sharp regional contrasts


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[edit] Safety & Security

[edit] Maritime Claims

territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin


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[edit] Public Holidays & Events

Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)

[edit] Money

New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001)

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[edit] USA

chief of mission: Ambassador William P. McCORMICK
embassy: 29 Fitzherbert Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington
mailing address: P. O. Box 1190, Wellington; PSC 467, Box 1, APO AP 96531-1034 telephone: [64] (4) 462-6000 FAX: [64] (4) 499-0490 consulate(s) general: Auckland

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[edit] History

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.


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