New Zealand

Basic facts about New Zealand

Country name: New Zealand
Capital: Wellington
Country code: 358
Continent: Australia-Oceania
Currency name: New Zealand dollar
Independence: 1907-09-26 00:00:00
Independent from: from the UK
Total area (km2): 267,710
Land area (km2): 267,710
Water area (km2): 0
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