Oceania · Australia and New ZealandNZ · +64
Country profile / NZ
New Zealand
New Zealand
Locally: Aotearoa
Capital
Wellington
Region
Oceania
ISO
NZ
Local time in New Zealand
live · IANAAuckland
Pacific/Auckland
Chatham
Pacific/Chatham
Reference ledger
CapitalWellingtonAdministrative seat
LanguagesEnglish, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language3 listed
CurrenciesNew Zealand dollar1 listed
Time zonesPacific/Auckland, Pacific/Chatham2 IANA identifiers
Area270,467 km²Ranked 77 of 241 by area
Dialing+64International calling prefix
A sense of scale
area percentileLarger than 68% of places in this atlas.
At 270,467 km², New Zealand ranks 77 of 241 records by land area. This comparison uses the same bundled source for every profile, so the scale is internally consistent.
#77by area in this atlas
Field notes
2 notes“New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote in 1893.”
02The country has more sheep than people, with a ratio of about five to one.
Use these identifiers accurately
The two-letter code NZ is the compact ISO identifier used in addresses, locale selectors, and many data feeds. The dialing prefix +64 belongs at the start of an international phone number. Time zone names such as Pacific/Auckland should be preferred over a fixed UTC offset because they carry daylight-saving rules.
Open New Zealand in Google Maps ↗RegionOceania
ISONZ
Borders0
Time zones2