New Zealand

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New Zealand#

New Zealand flag

Polynesians settled New Zealand between the late 1200s and the mid-1300s.

Government type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm. Chief of state: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor-General Dame Cindy KIRO (since 21 October 2021).

Facts#

Capital

Wellington

Region

Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia

Area

total : 268,838 sq km; land: 264,537 sq km; water: 4,301 sq km

Population

5,161,211 (2024 est.)

Languages

English (de facto official) 95.4%, Maori (de jure official) 4%, Samoan 2.2%, Northern Chinese 2%, Hindi 1.5%, French 1.2%, Yue 1.1%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official) 0.5%, other or not stated 17.2% (2018 est.)

Currency

New Zealand dollars (NZD)

Time zone

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ccTLD

.nz

Refugees#

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

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