New Zealand

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Map Location • Island in South Pacific • Southeast of Australia

Area • Total 268,680 sq km • Land 268,021 sq km • Comparative in size to Colorado • 15,134 km of coastline

• The stars represent the Southern Cross constellation • The Union Jack represents New Zealand's British Commonwealth heritage • The Blue background symbolizes the sea and sky. • The Southern Cross is a prominent constellation in the southern hemisphere, and represents New Zealand's geographical position to the rest of the world.

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Religons In New Zealand

Languages The two official languages are English and Maori Everyone in New Zealand knows how to speak English.

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Economic System • New Zealand has a free market economy • This allows dynamic growth which has boosted real incomes • New Zealand is heavily dependent on trade - particularly in agricultural products - to drive growth • Thus far the economy has been resilient, and the Labor Government promises that expenditures on health, education, and pensions will increase proportionately to output.

New Zealand GDP GDP (purchasing power parity):$97.59 billion (2005 est.) GDP (official exchange rate):$97.53 billion (2005 est.) GDP - real growth rate:2.5% (2005 est.) GDP - per capita (PPP):$24,200 (2005 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4.7% industry: 27.8% services: 67.6% (2005 est.)

United States GDP GDP (purchasing power parity): $12.41 trillion (2005 est.) GDP (official exchange rate):$12.47 trillion (2005 est.) GDP - real growth rate: 3.5% GDP - per capita (PPP):$42,000 (2005 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1% industry: 20.7% services: 78.3% (2005 est.)

New Zealand Imports Machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics Annual Imports:$24.57 billion Import Partners- Australia 22.4%, US 11.3%, Japan 11.2%, China 9.7%, Germany 5.2% (2004)

United States Imports Agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2003) Annual Imports: $1.727 trillion fob Import Partners: Canada 17%, China 13.8%, Mexico 10.3%, Japan 8.7%, Germany 5.2% (2004)

New Zealand Exports Export Products- Dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery Export Amount- $22.21 billion Export Partners: Australia 20.9%, US 14.4%, Japan 11.2%, China 5.7%, UK 4.7% (2004)

United States Exports Export Products- Agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% (2003) Export Amount- $927.5 billion f.o.b. Export Partners- Canada 23%, Mexico 13.6%, Japan 6.7%, UK 4.4%, China 4.3% (2004)

Inflation New Zealand’s current inflation rate is 3% (2005 est.) The United States current inflation rate is 3.2% (2005 est.)

Unemployment The un employment rate in New Zealand is about 4% (2005) The unemployment in the United States is about 5.1% (2005 est.)

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