Capital of New Zealand:
WellingtonArea of New Zealand: 270,467 km² (104,428 mi²) (
76th)
Population of New Zealand: 5,213,944 (
125th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Southeastern Oceania
Languages of New Zealand: English (de facto official) 95.4%,
Māori (de jure official) 4%,
Samoan 2.2%,
Northern Chinese 2%,
Hindi 1.5%,
French 1.2%, Yue 1.1%,
NZ Sign Language (de jure official) 0.5%, other or not stated 17.2% (2018 est.)
Religions of New Zealand: No religion 51.6%,
Christian 32.3%,
Hindu 2.9%,
Muslim 1.5%,
Māori Indigenous 1.3%,
Buddhism 1.1%,
Sikhism 1.1%,
Judaism 0.1%,
Other Religions 6.7%, Religion not stated 6.9% (2023 est.)
Currency:
New Zealand Dollar ($) (
NZD)
Time zone:
UTC+12 (
NZST), Summer (
DSTDaylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn (or fall in North American English, hence the mnemonic: 'spring forward and fall back').)
UTC+13 (
NZDT)
Calling code: (
+64)
Organizations: United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Land boundaries: none
Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 15,134 km
Maritime boundaries: Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea
Administrative divisions of New Zealand
16 regions and 1 territory*:Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Chatham Islands*, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Wellington, West Coast.
Natural resources: Natural gas,
iron,
sand,
coal,
timber,
hydropower,
gold,
limestone.