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New Zealand - Introduction 1992
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Background: The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand withdrew from a number of defense alliances during the 1970s and 1980s. In recent years the government has sought to address longstanding native Maori grievances.


New Zealand - Geography 1992
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Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area
Total: 268,680 km²
Land:
268,670 km²; includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands,
Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands

Comparative: about the size of Colorado

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 15,134 km

Maritime claims
Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Disputes: territorial claim in Antarctica (Ross Dependency)

Climate: temperate with sharp regional contrasts

Terrain: predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains

Elevation

Natural resources: natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone
Land use

Land use: arable land: 2%; permanent crops: 0%; meadows and pastures 53%; forest and woodland 38%; other 7%; includes irrigated 1%

Irrigated land

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


New Zealand - People 1992
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Population: 3,347,369 (July 1992), growth rate 0.7% (1992)

Nationality: noun - New Zealander(s; adjective - New Zealand

Ethnic groups: European 88%, Maori 8.9%, Pacific Islander 2.9%, other 0.2%

Languages: English (official), Maori

Religions: Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 9% (1986)

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate

Birth rate: 16 births/1000 population (1992)

Death rate: 8 deaths/1000 population (1992)

Net migration rate: - 2 migrants/1000 population (1992)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: earthquakes are common, though usually not severe

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 9 deaths/1000 live births (1992)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 80 years female (1992)

Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman (1992)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


New Zealand - Government 1992
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Country name
Conventional long form: none; abbreviated NZ

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Wellington

Administrative divisions:
93 counties, 9 districts*, and 3 town districts**; Akaroa, Amuri, Ashburton, Bay of Islands, Bruce, Buller,
Chatham Islands, Cheviot, Clifton, Clutha, Cook, Dannevirke, Egmont,
Eketahuna, Ellesmere, Eltham, Eyre, Featherston, Franklin, Golden Bay, Great
Barrier Island, Grey, Hauraki Plains, Hawera*, Hawke's Bay, Heathcote,
Hikurangi**, Hobson, Hokianga, Horowhenua, Hurunui, Hutt, Inangahua,
Inglewood, Kaikoura, Kairanga, Kiwitea, Lake, Mackenzie, Malvern, Manaia**,
Manawatu, Mangonui, Maniototo, Marlborough, Masterton, Matamata, Mount
Herbert, Ohinemuri, Opotiki, Oroua, Otamatea, Otorohanga*, Oxford, Pahiatua,
Paparua, Patea, Piako, Pohangina, Raglan, Rangiora*, Rangitikei, Rodney,
Rotorua*, Runanga, Saint Kilda, Silverpeaks, Southland, Stewart Island,
Stratford, Strathallan, Taranaki, Taumarunui, Taupo, Tauranga,
Thames-Coromandel*, Tuapeka, Vincent, Waiapu, Waiheke, Waihemo, Waikato,
Waikohu, Waimairi, Waimarino, Waimate, Waimate West, Waimea, Waipa,
Waipawa*, Waipukurau*, Wairarapa South, Wairewa, Wairoa, Waitaki, Waitomo*,
Waitotara, Wallace, Wanganui, Waverley**, Westland, Whakatane*, Whangarei,
Whangaroa, Woodville


Dependent areas: (3) Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau

Independence: 26 September 1907 (from UK)

National holiday: Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty), 6 February (1840)

Constitution:
no formal, written constitution; consists of various documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand Parliaments;
Constitution Act 1986 was to have come into force 1 January 1987, but has not been enacted


Legal system: based on English law, with special land legislation and land courts for Maoris; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: universal at age 18
House of Representatives:
last held on 27 October 1990 (next to be held
October 1993); results - NP 49%, NZLP 35%, Green Party 7%, NLP 5%; seats - (97 total) NP 67, NZLP 29, NLP 1


Executive branch: British monarch, governor general, prime minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet

Legislative branch:
unicameral House of Representatives (commonly called
Parliament)


Judicial branch: High Court, Court of Appeal

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
ANZUS (US suspended security obligations to NZ on 11 August 1986), APEC, AsDB, Australia Group, C, CCC, CP, COCOM, (cooperating country), EBRD, ESCAP, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IEA, IFAD,
IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO,
ITU, LORCS, MTCR, OECD, PCA, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIIMOG,
UNTSO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO

Diplomatic representation:
Ambassador - Denis Bazely Gordon McLEAN;
Chancery at 37 Observatory Circle NW, Washington, DC 20,008; telephone (202) 328-4,800; there are New Zealand Consulates General in Los Angeles and New
York

US:
Ambassador Della M. NEWMAN; Embassy at 29 Fitzherbert Terrace,
Thorndon, Wellington (mailing address is P. O. Box 1190, Wellington; PSC 467, Box 1, FPO AP 96,531-1001); telephone 64 (4) 722-068; FAX 64 (4) 723-537; there is a US Consulate General in Auckland


Diplomatic representation

Flag descriptionflag of New%20Zealand: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


New Zealand - Economy 1992
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Economy overview
Since 1984 the government has been reorienting an agrarian economy dependent on a guaranteed British market to an open free market economy that can compete on the global scene. The government has hoped that dynamic growth would boost real incomes reduce inflationary pressures and permit the expansion of welfare benefits. The results have been mixed: inflation is down from double-digit levels, but growth has been sluggish and unemployment, always a highly sensitive issue, has exceeded 10% since May 1991. In 1988, GDP fell by 1%, in 1989 grew by a moderate 2.4%, and was flat in 1990-91.
GDP: purchasing powerequivalent - $46.2 billion, per capita $14,000; real growth rate - 0.4% (1991 est.)

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: accounts for about 9% of GDP and 10% of the work force; livestock predominates - wool, meat, dairy products all export earners; crops - wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, and vegetables; surplus producer of farm products; fish catch reached a record 503,000 metric tons in 1988

Industries: food processing, wood and paper products, textiles, machinery, transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism, mining

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 1.9% (1990; accounts for about 20% of GDP

Labor force: 1,603,500 (June 1991); services 67.4%, manufacturing 19.8%, primary production 9.3% (1987)
Organized labor: 681,000 members; 43% of labor force (1986)
Labor force

Unemployment rate: 10.7% (September 1991)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $17.6 billion; expenditures $18.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY91 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $9.4 billion (f.o.b., FY91)
Commodoties: wool, lamb, mutton, beef, fruit, fish, cheese, manufactures, chemicals, forestry products
Partners:
EC 18.3%, Japan 17.9%, Australia 17.5%, US 13.5%, China 3.6%,
South Korea 3.1%


Imports: $8.4 billion (f.o.b., FY91)
Commodoties: petroleum, consumer goods, motor vehicles, industrial equipment
Partners: Australia 19.7%, Japan 16.9%, EC 16.9%, US 15.3%, Taiwan 3.0%

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.8245 (March 1992), 1.7265 (1991), 1.6750 (1990), 1.6711 (1989), 1.5244 (1988), 1.6886 (1987)


New Zealand - Energy 1992
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Electricity
Production: 7,800,000 kW capacity; 28,000 million kWh produced, 8,500 kWh per capita (1990)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


New Zealand - Communication 1992
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


New Zealand - Military 1992
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: exchange rate conversion - $792 million, 2% of GDP (FY92)

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


New Zealand - Transportation 1992
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports:
118 total, 118 usable; 34 with permanent-surface runways; none
with runways over 3,659 m; 2
with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 43
with runways 1,220-2,439 m


Heliports

Pipelines: natural gas 1,000 km; petroleum products 160 km; condensate 150 km

Railways

Roadways

Waterways: 1,609 km; of little importance to transportation

Merchant marine:
18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 182,206
GRT/246,446 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 5 roll-on/roll-off, 1 railcar carrier, 4 oil tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 5 bulk

Civil air: about 40 major transport aircraft

Ports and terminals


New Zealand - Transnational issues 1992
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Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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