ernet users:

80,000 (2006)

Transportation
New Caledonia

Airports:

25 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 6 (2007)

Heliports:

6 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 5,622 km (2006)

Merchant marine:

total: 2
by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 1 (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Noumea

Military
New Caledonia

Military branches:

no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces (includes
Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 57,738 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 47,342 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 2,202
female: 2,121 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

NA

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of France

Transnational Issues
New Caledonia

Disputes - international:

Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia claimed by France
and Vanuatu

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@New Zealand

Introduction
New Zealand

Background:

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840,
their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of
Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while
retaining territorial rights. In that same year, the British began
the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars
between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples.
The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in
1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New
Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed
by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address
longstanding Maori grievances.

Geography
New Zealand

Location:

Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia

Geographic coordinates:

41 00 S, 174 00 E

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

total: 268,680 sq km
land: 268,021 sq km
water: NA
note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands,
Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands

Area - co