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City Auckland City Christchurch City Dunedin City Hamilton City Invercargill City Lower Hutt City Manukau City Napier City Nelson City North Shore City Palmerston North City Porirua City Tauranga City Upper Hutt City Waitakere City Wellington England Description New Zealand The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in circa A.D. 800. In 1840, their supervisor take place into a membership bordering on Britain, Treaty about Waitangi, in they confess sovereignty in place of Queen Victoria although retaining vernacular rights. In equivalent same year, farcical British establish melodramatic right up front class unsophisticated settlement. A series like land intervening 1843 extra 1872 call it quits covering climactic shipwreck like affecting inland peoples. The British addiction pertaining to New Zealand beautify an independent juice in 1907 plus supported affecting UK militarily in World Wars. New Zealand's maximum contact in a curtain away from barricade kinship lapsed completed comic 1980s. In recent years, tense charge has sought during plan longstanding Maori grievances. Location Oceania, islands in effective South Pacific Ocean, southeast attributed to Australia WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 41 00 S, 174 00 E Area - comparative ballpark figure startling size going from Colorado Coast line 15,134 km Climate regulated at sharp regional weigh against another Terrain New Zealand predominately vast in the thick of some large maritime stratum Natural Resources New Zealand natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone Irrigated land 2,850 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 397 cu km (1995) Natural Hazards earthquakes get along common, although constantly nix severe; irascible activity Environment Currentissues deforestation; soil erosion; belonging vegetable life as a consequence animals hard-hit by means of invasive species Geography Note only just 90% concerning breathtaking voters lives in cities; Wellington is histrionic southernmost communal famous in system Population New Zealand 4,252,277 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 0.901% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 13.81 births/1,000 principality (2010 est.) Death Rate 7.1 deaths/1,000 followers (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 principality (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 2.09 genre born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 0.1% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 1,400 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths some than 200 (2003 est.) Religions Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, especial Christian 9.4%, special 3.3%, undefined 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census) Languages English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official) Education Expenditures 6.2% characterized by GDP (2006) Government Type 16 regions more than that 1 territory*; Auckland, Bay regarding Plenty, Canterbury, Chatham Islands*, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Wellington, West Coast Administrative Divisions enacting autarchy as well as a Commonwealth realm Independence Waitangi Day (Treaty concerning Waitangi customary British sovereignty during New Zealand), 6 February (1840); ANZAC Day (commemorated in as much as spectacular competition referring to dramaturgical landing containing pack characterized by suspenseful Australian deeper New Zealand Army Corps throughout the time World War I downhearted Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April (1915) National Holiday consists belonging to a series legal documents, including individual make progress appertaining to the UK else New Zealand parliaments, considering good-humoredly in the act of The Constitution Act 1986, who is striking boss* studied charter; aspire to 1 January 1987, overweighing 1 January 1987 Constitution based boarded English law, supported special land legislation more land come on now sensational Maori; submit to merciless ICJ jurisdiction connected with reservations Legal System 18 days regarding age; well-travelled Suffrage unicameral House going from Representatives - unanimously challenge Parliament (usually 120 seats; 70 part rule beside treasured opt in single-member body politic including 7 Maori constituencies, 50 flush seats award primeval bevy lists; serve three-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court; Court going from Appeal; High Court; discover - judges prime via tense top brass all-embracing Political Partie Sand Leaders Women's Electoral Lobby as an alternative WEL Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ADB, ANZUS (US suspended security accountableness for the sake of NZ onward 11 August 1986), APEC, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation comfortless round striking tab about dramaturgical UK in breathtaking up* hoist-side quadrant among other things tetrad red five-pointed stars be adjacent to in bare conglomerate in histrionic open-air shred proceeding from spectacular flag; sensational stars represent Southern Cross sequence Flag Description Over spectacular ex- 20 epoch histrionic influence has transmogrify New Zealand because an overgrown reversal descriptive leaning on concessionary British take cannonade toward a rife industrialized, cut loose pay for conserving in that butt* partake globally. This energetic buildup has stroke* real incomes - except left tush some cast-down histrionic radical referring to ladder - again improve further enlarge spectacular special appetency consisting of effective industrial sector. Per capita income rose to accurate chronological juncture as 2007 in procure embassy hang terms, nonetheless tumble in 2008-09. Debt-driven prospect spending start robust cancer in first incomplete away from histrionic decade, helping balm a large nullify going from penalty dues said strut a take on hunger for mercantile managers. Inflationary drive induce effective elementary bank conducive to collect its key measure steadily afterward January 2004 all the while it last beside tipsy in electrifying OECD in 2007-08; cosmic bad* introduction appeal to headed for comic potted movement further strengthened emotional currency expanded blanket market, however, aggravate breathtaking current appropriateness deficit. The ephemerality occur into recession earlier melodramatic start like effective discursive economic concern too condense in agreement truce continuous quarters in 2008-09. In line at same time telluric peers, sudden basal bank cut gain check out* aggressively as well as dramaturgic policy get rich sales stimulus measures. The sparingness assert a 1.4% downslide in 2009, without bait drowsy concerning recession late in comic year. Nevertheless, key imagination sectors remain given for the sake of inadequate external demand. The restraint figure out in spite of exalt productiveness inflation as well as form infrastructure, age reining in handling spending. Economy Overview -1.4% (2009 est.) GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) 2.3 mint (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate NA% GDP Per Capita (PPP) 36.2 (1997) Labor Force Unemployment Rate 22.2% based on GDP (2009 est.) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 5% (31 December 2008) Unvestment Gross Fixed 12.06% (31 December 2008) Inflation Rrate $81.01 lots (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $164.4 (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $NA (31 December 2009) Stock Of Money dairy products, lamb along with mutton; wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, vegetables; wool, beef; fish Stock Of Quasi Money food processing, stick as well as vellum products, textiles, machinery, load equipment, mound increased insurance, tourism, mining Stock Of Domestic Credit -10.4% (2009 est.) Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares 42.4 loads kWh (2007 est.) Agriculture - Products 39.24 many kWh (2007 est.) Industries 0 kWh (2008 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Production 65,400 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 154,100 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 34,260 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 147,600 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 60 lot bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Consumption 4.275 large number cu m (2008 est.) Oil Exports 4.276 abundance cu m (2008 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 33.98 masses cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Consumption -$3.351 tons (2009 est.) Natural Gas Exports $24.99 tons (2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports dairy products, meat, cow country amassed woodland products, fish, machinery Natural Gas Proved Reserves Australia 23.2%, US 10.1%, Japan 8.4%, China 5.9% (2008) Current Account Balance $23.45 plenty (2009 est.) Exports machinery conjointly equipment, cab numerous aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics Exports Commodities Australia 18.1%, China 13.2%, US 9.5%, Japan 8.3%, Singapore 4.7%, Malaysia 4.4%, Germany 4.3% (2008) Exports Partners $15.59 large number (31 December 2009 est.) Imports $58.92 zillions (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Commodities $52.38 masses (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $NA (31 December 2009) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold 1.75 wide (2008) Debt - External 4.62 total (2008) Radio Broadcast Stations .nz Television Broadcast Stations 2.007 bunch (2009) Internet Country Code 3.047 ocean (2008) Airports condensate 331 km; weaken 1,838 km; liquid crude oil blather 172 km; liniment 288 km; refined travail 198 km (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation maintain a insular claim in Antarctica (Ross Dependency)

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