New Zealand flag information

Flag description: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation. .

Flags

American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated States of, Nauru, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Related region

Oceania

Additional information about New Zealand

Official country name:

Short name: New Zealand
Local names (long and short forms): /
Former name:
Abbreviation: NZ
Notes:

Nationality noun / adjective: New Zealander(s) / New Zealand

Languages spoken: English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official). .

Capital: Wellington (GMT 9.9, summertime: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in March)
New Zealand is divided into two time zones, including Chatham Island

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Population: 4173460 ranked 126, (data 2008)

Geography: about 80% of the population lives in cities; Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world. The lowest point is Pacific Ocean 0 m and the highest point is Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m. .

Coastline: Coastline 15134 km - . .

Land borders: New Zealand has a total of 0 km landborders, bordering to . . .

Administrative divisions: 16 regions and 1 territory*; Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Chatham Islands*, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Wellington, West Coast

Dependent areas: Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau

Independence: 26 September 1907 (from UK)