New Zealand Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 4,716 km total (1980); all 1.067-meter gauge; 274 km double track; 113 km electrified; over 99% government owned

Highways: 93,137 km total (December 1980); 47,236 km paved, 45,901 km gravel or crushed stone

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

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

Ports: 3 major

Civil air-about 40 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 205 total, 197 usable; 26 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 51 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: excellent international and domestic systems; 1.7 million telephones (55 per 100 popl.); 64 AM, no FM, 14 TV stations, and 129 repeaters; submarine cables extend to Australia and Fiji Islands; 1 ground satellite station

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.