mports - partners:
Australia 22.2%, US 11.8%, Japan 11.8%, China 9%, Germany 5.3%
(2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$5.083 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$37.46 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $99.7 million
Currency:
New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Currency code:
NZD
Exchange rates:
New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.7229 (2003), 2.1622 (2002),
2.3788 (2001), 2.2012 (2000), 1.8896 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications New Zealand
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.765 million (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.599 million (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international systems
domestic: NA
international: country code - 64; submarine cables to Australia and
Fiji; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
3.75 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650 low-power
repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
1.926 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.nz
Internet hosts:
474,395 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
36 (2000)
Internet users:
2.11 million (2003)
Transportation New Zealand
Railways:
total: 3,898 km
narrow gauge: 3,898 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2003)
Highways:
total: 92,053 km
paved: 57,809 km (including at least 190 km of expressways)
unpaved: 34,244 km (2000)
Pipelines:
gas 2,213 km; liquid petroleum gas 79 km; oil 160 km; refined
products 304 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Tauranga, Wellington
Merchant marine:
total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 77,523 GRT/108,352 DWT
by type: bulk 3, cargo 2, container 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll
on/roll off 2
registered in other countries: 8 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Australia 1, Isle of Man 1
Airports:
113 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 46
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: 5 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 70
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 39 (2004 est.)
Military New Zealand
Military branches:
New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air
Force
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
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