| New Zealand
Maori name : Aotearoa ("land of the long white cloud") (member of Commonwealth) |
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| Area | 268,680 km2 | |||||||||||||||
| Population |
5,130,000 inh. in 2021 (New Zealander) including 3,450,800 in North Island and 1,058,500 in South Island |
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| Density | 19.1 inh./km2 | |||||||||||||||
| Life expectancy | Mean : 82.5 years Female : 84.3 years Male : 80.6 years | |||||||||||||||
| Languages | 2 official languages : English, Maori | |||||||||||||||
| Ethnic groups | Europeans (80 %), Maori (14 %), other Polynesians (6 %) | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Wellington (on North Island) : 202,000 inh. | |||||||||||||||
| Main islands | North Island, South Island, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty, Chatham, Kermadec | |||||||||||||||
| Altitudes |
Maximum : 3,754 m (Mount Cook = Aoraki) Minimum : 0 m (sea level) |
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| Time zone | UTC+12h (winter), UTC+13h (summer) |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (NZD) divided into 100 cents |
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| Web sites |
En = English, Fr = French, Ml = Multilingual, Sp = Spanish |
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