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Key Facts
Climate
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
Coastline
15,134 km
Government type
parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
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 sta...
Natural resources
natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone
Terrain
predominately mountainous with large coastal plains