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Transportation of New Zealand

Airports:118 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 45
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 4 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 73
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 40 (2006)
Pipelines:condensate 224 km; gas 1,693 km; liquid petroleum gas 45 km; oil 280 km; refined products 288 km (2006)
Railways:total: 4,128 km
narrow gauge: 4,128 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 92,931 km
paved: 59,783 km (includes 171 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,148 km (2003)
Merchant marine:total: 13 ships (1000 GRT or over) 136,361 GRT/124,972 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 1, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 4 (Australia 2, Germany 1, Isle of Man 1)
registered in other countries: 8 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Cook Islands 1, Dominica 4, France 1, UK 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Auckland, Lyttelton, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei

New Zealand Quickstats

  • Population: 4,115,771 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 268,680 sq km
  • Density: 15 /km² (193rd)
  • GDP (total): $103.873 billion (53th)
  • GDP (per capita): $25,272 (29th)
  • Literacy: 99%

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  • Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD)
  • Dial code: +64

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