| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
1.92 million (2000)
|
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
2.2 million (2000) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)
|
| Television
broadcast stations |
41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters
and over 650 low-power repeaters) (1997) |
| Internet
country code |
.nz |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
36 (2000) |
| Internet
users |
2.06 million (2002) |
| Railways |
total: 3,898 km
narrow gauge: 3,898 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2002)
|
| Highways |
total: 92,053 km
paved: 57,809 km (including at least 190 km of expressways)
unpaved: 34,244 km (2000) |
| Waterways |
1,609 km
note: of little importance in satisfying total transportation
requirements |
| Ports
and harbors |
Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin,
Tauranga, Wellington |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
69,685 GRT/106,627 DWT
note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag
of convenience: Australia 1 (2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 2, container 1, petroleum tanker
2, roll on/roll off 1 |
| Airports |
113 (2002) |
