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COMMUNICATIONS

Telephones - main lines in use:
 1.92 million (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 2.2 million (2000)
Telephone system:
 general assessment: excellent domestic and international systems
domestic: NA
international: submarine cables to Australia and Fiji; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
 AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
 3.75 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
 41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
 1.926 million (1997)
Internet country code:
 .nz
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
 36 (2000)
Internet users:
 2.06 million (2002)
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TRANSPORTATION

Railways:
 total: 3,908 km
narrow gauge: 3,908 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2001)
Highways:
 total: 92,200 km
paved: 53,568 km (including at least 144 km of expressways)
unpaved: 38,632 km (1996)
Waterways:
 1,609 km
note: of little importance in satisfying total transportation requirements
Pipelines:
 petroleum products 160 km; natural gas 1,000 km; liquefied petroleum gas or LPG 150 km
Ports and harbors:
 Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Tauranga, Wellington
Merchant marine:
 total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 68,427 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 1, container 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
Airports:
 106 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
 total: 46
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 5 (2002)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
Airports - with unpaved runways:
 total: 67
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 26
under 914 m: 39 (2002)
Heliports:
 1 (2002)
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MILITARY

Military branches:
 New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force
Military manpower - military age:
 20 years of age (2002 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
 males age 15-49: 1,010,316 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
 males age 15-49: 850,185 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
 males: 26,480 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
 $515.6 million (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
 1.2% (FY2001/02)
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TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

Disputes - international:
 territorial claim in Antarctica (Ross Dependency)
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