Highest Mountains
Cook 3754m
Tasman 3500m
Dampier 3440m
Silberhorn 3279m |
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Largest Lakes
Taupo 606 sq.km
Te Anau 344km sq.km
Wakatipu 293km sq.km
Wanaka 192km sq.km |
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Longest Rivers
Waikato 425km
Clutha 322km
Wanganui 290km
Taieri 288km |
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More NZ Statistics
Visitors in 2001 1,884,480
Returning NZers 2001 69,490
Unemployment rate 5.2% approx
75% of pop. live in the North Island
31% (1,158,891) live in Auckland
37% households access the internet
Av. Density 14 people per sq.km
Current median age 33 years
4.8% of pop. belong to Pacific
Island ethnic groups
4.4% of pop. belong to Asian
ethnic groups
1% of total school pop. foreign students
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