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 |