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New Zealand

Currency code: 
NZD
Currency name: 
New Zealand dollar
Country name: 
New Zealand
Capital: 
Wellington
Country code: 
NZ
Continent: 
Australia-Oceania
Independence: 
September 26, 1907
Independent from: 
from the UK
Total area: 
267,710
Total area note: 
267,710note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
Land area: 
267,710
Population: 
4,365,113
Population note: 
4,365,113 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: 
English
All languages: 
English (official) 91.2%, Maori (official) 3.9%, Samoan 2.1%, French 1.3%, Hindi 1.1%, Yue 1.1%, Northern Chinese 1%, other 12.9%, New Zealand Sign Language (official) note: shares sum to 114.6% due to multiple responses on census (2006 Census)
Time zone: 
NZST(UTC+12) - Summer (DST) NZDT (UTC+13)(Sep to Apr)
Date format: 
dd/mm/yyyy
Drive on: 
Left
Calling code: 
+64
Domain: 
.nz