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GeographyLocation: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 15,134 km
PeoplePopulation: 3,407,277 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.52% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.14 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.03 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -1.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.99 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: European 88%, Maori 8.9%, Pacific Islander 2.9%, other 0.2% Religions: Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986) Languages: English (official), Maori
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Wellington Independence: 26 September 1907 (from UK) Constitution: no formal, written constitution; consists of various documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand Parliaments; Constitution Act 1986 was to have come into force 1 January 1987, but has not been enacted
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $56.4 billion National product real growth rate: 6.2% National product per capita: $16,640 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6% Unemployment rate: 7.5%
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |