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- <text id=94CT1037><title>New Zealand—Communications</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: New Zealand<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 4,716 km total; all 1.067-meter gauge; 274 km double track; 113 km electrified; over 99% government owned
- <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 92,648 km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 49,547 km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, crushed stone 43,101 km
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- <item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 1,609 km; of little importance to transportation
- <item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> petroleum products 160 km; natural gas 1,000 km; condensate (liquified petroleum gas—LPG) 150 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Tauranga
- <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 165,514 GRT/218,699 DWT, bulk 6, cargo 2, liquefied gas 1, oil tanker 3, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5
- <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 108
- <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 108
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 39
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 1
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 2
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 39
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- <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> excellent international and domestic systems; 2,110,000 telephones; broadcast stations—64 AM, 2 FM, 14 TV; submarine cables extend to Australia and Fiji; 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth stations
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