NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND REGION OCEANIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 26 1907 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NO FORMAL CONSTITUTION POPULATION 3662265 1999 EST AREA 104454 SQ MI CAPITAL WELLINGTON FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL GAS IRON ORE SAND COAL TIMBER HYDROELECTRIC POWER GOLD LIMESTONE MAIN INDUSTRIES FOOD PROCESSING WOOD AND PAPER PRODUCTS TEXTILES MACHINERY TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT BANKING INSURANCE TOURISM MINING FISHING AGRICULTURE WHEAT BARLEY POTATOES FRUITS VEGETABLES WOOL LIVESTOCK DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 61.1 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 17000 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL MAORI RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLICISM LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 75 YEARS MALE 81 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 14 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
