New Zealand Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
New Zealand Country Formation Date 1907 New Zealand United Kingdom September 26, 1907
Niue Country Formation Date Niue Association with New Zealand
Tokelau Country Formation Date Tokelau New Zealand Territory

Database: Scientific Names of Spices and Herbs

Record Name Herb Scientific Name
New Zealand Flax New Zealand Flax Phormium tenax

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for New Zealand New Zealand 7.1 Wikipedia

Database: World Gold Mining Production By Country

Record Name Country Metal 1999 (Kilograms) 2000 (Kilograms) 2001 (Kilograms) 2002 (Kilograms) 2003 (Kilograms) Source
Gold production for New Zealand New Zealand Gold 8,577 9,880 9,885 9,770 9,500 United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
New Zealand Life Expectancy New Zealand World Fact Book 78.96 31

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
New Zealand Oil Production New Zealand 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 31,740

Database: World's Tallest Buildings

Record Name City Country Height in Meters Height in Feet
Sky Tower Auckland New Zealand 328 1076

Database: Wind Energy Generation Sites World-Wide

Record Name Country Site Installed Capacity (MW) Source
Te Apiti Wind Farm (New Zealand) New Zealand Te Apiti Wind Farm 90 Wikipedia

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in New Zealand New Zealand 2007 121 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for New Zealand New Zealand Aotearoa

Database: United Nations Presidents

Record Name Origin Year Session
Leslie Munro New Zealand 1957 Twelfth
Leslie Munro New Zealand 1958 Third emergency special

Database: Movies with the longest length

Record Name Country Year Length (Minutes)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King USA/New Zealand 2003 251
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers USA/New Zealand 2002 222

Database: Unemployment rate for world countries

Record Name Country Rate (Percent) Note Source
Unemployment rate for New Zealand New Zealand 3.80 2006 est. Wikipedia
Unemployment rate for Niue (New Zealand) Niue (New Zealand) 12.00 2001 Wikipedia
Unemployment rate for Cook Islands (New Zealand) Cook Islands (New Zealand) 13.10 2005 Wikipedia

Database: Legal Driving Blood Alcohol Limits

Record Name Country Region Blood Alcohol Limit (Percent)
Driving Blood Alcohol Limit for New Zealand New Zealand South Pacific 0.08

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
New Zealand Literacy Rate New Zealand UNESCO 99 percent Not Available Not Available 1995

Database: World Wide Chocolate Makers

Record Name Country Region Food Company
New Zealand Food Group New Zealand South Pacific Chocolate New Zealand Food Group
Whittaker's New Zealand South Pacific Chocolate Whittaker's

Database: World Wide Wheat Production

Record Name Country Commodity 2007/2008 Production (1000 MT) Source
Wheat Production for New Zealand New Zealand Wheat 277 US Department of Agriculture

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
New Zealand Railway Length New Zealand 2005 Train 4,128 Wikipedia

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
NZ New Zealand (Aotearoa) New Zealand (Aotearoa) NZ

Database: Prison Population by Country

Record Name Year Source
Prison population for New Zealand 2007 Human Development Reports (UNDP)

Database: Worlds Largest Economic Entities (2000)

Record Name Country or Corporation Year GDP / sales ($million) Source
GDP Sales for New Zealand (2000) New Zealand 2000 53,622.00 Institute for Policy Studies (Report on the Top 200 corporations)

Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations

Record Name Language City Country Media kHz
Radio New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Radio 6105

Database: Top Supercomputers of the world

Record Name Year Country Manufacturer Source Site Processors Rmax (GFlops) Rpeak (GFlops)
Blue Fern - eServer Blue Gene Solution 2007 New Zealand IBM Top 500 Supercomputer Sites (June 2007) University of Canterbury 4096 9433 11468.8

Database: World's Largest Islands

Record Name Country Region Province Area in Square Miles Area in Square Kilometers
South Island New Zealand South Pacific 58,000 151,000
North Island New Zealand South Pacific 44,000 114,000

Database: Sucide Rates By Country

Record Name Country Source Year Male (per 100,000) Female (per 100,000)
NEW ZEALAND suicide rate New Zealand World Health Organization 00 19.8 4.2

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for New Zealand New Zealand n/a n/a 9.68 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
New Zealand New Zealand Wellington 2002 268,680 3,908,037 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: Coin Mints of the World

Record Name Country City Address
New Zealand Mint New Zealand Auckland P.O. Box 9260 Newmarket, Auckland 1031, New Zealand. Tel 0064 9 377-6837

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
New Zealand CO2 Carbon Emissions New Zealand World Resources Institute 32,633.4 8.08758

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
New Zealand Ocean Coastline Length New Zealand 15,134

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
NEW ZEALAND Inflation Rate New Zealand International Monetary Fund 1.5 1.8 2.7 2.7

Database: High School Education Equivalents by Country

Record Name Country High School Equivalent Education
High School Equivalent for New Zealand New Zealand - NCEA Level 3 with university entry - Cambridge International Examination (CIE) - University Bursary (prior to 2005)

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
(no long-form name) (New Zealand) New Zealand Wellington (no long-form name) NZ

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
Cook Islands Cook Islands see New Zealand
New Zealand New Zealand NZ$ 100 cents dollar
Niue Niue see New Zealand
Pitcairn Island Pitcairn Island see New Zealand
Tokelau Tokelau see New Zealand

Database: Overweight Population By Country

Record Name Country Source Rank Percent Overweight
New Zealand Overweight Population New Zealand Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 11 35.2

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
New Zealand GDP New Zealand 2005 The World Factbook 2006 101.8 billion 25,200 2.2 3.0

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