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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