Railroads: 4,716 km total; all 1.067-meter gauge; 274 km double track; 113 km electrified; over 99% government owned

Highways: 92,648 km total; 49,547 km paved, 43,101 km gravel or crushed stone

Inland waterways: 1,609 km; of little importance to transportation

Pipelines: 1,000 km natural gas; 160 km refined products; 150 km condensate

Ports: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Tauranga

Merchant marine: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 267,398 GRT/335,501 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 4 container, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 railcar carrier, 4 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 7 bulk

Civil air: about 40 major transport aircraft

Airports: 156 total, 156 usable; 33 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 47 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: excellent international and domestic systems; 2,110,000 telephones; stations 64 AM, 2 FM, 14 TV; submarine cables extend to Australia and Fiji; 1 satellite ground station

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.