New Zealand
Aotearoa
New Zealand (NZ, NZL) is a country in Australia and New Zealand, with Wellington as its capital. The currency is the New Zealand Dollar (NZD, NZ$). The international dialling code is +64 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 021 123 4567. There are 2 time zones: Pacific/Auckland and Pacific/Chatham. Official language: Māori.
CurrencyNZDNZ$
Dial code+64e.g. 021 123 4567
Time zone2 zonesUTC+12:00 … UTC+12:45
LanguageMāori
CapitalWellington
Population5.2M270.5K km²
Overview
- Official name
- New Zealand
- Native name
- New Zealand · Aotearoa
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- NZ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- NZL
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 554
- IOC code
- NZL
- Demonym
- New Zealander
- Capital
- Wellington
- Region
- Oceania › Australia and New Zealand
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Australasia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .nz
- Coordinates
- -41, 174
- Area
- 270,467 km²
- Population
- 5,161,210
- GDP
- $254.8B ($49.4K per person)
- Literacy
- 99%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
New Zealand Dollar NZD
- Symbol
- NZ$ narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $ 1,234.50
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Auckland | UTC+12:00 | UTC+13:00 | New Zealand Standard Time | |
| Pacific/Chatham | UTC+12:45 | UTC+13:45 | Chatham Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +64
- Dial-out prefix
- 0(?:0|161) preferred 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 5–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 111 pattern 111
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 03 234 5678 | +64 3 234 5678 | XX XXX XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 021 123 4567 | +64 21 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | [8-10] |
| Toll free | 0800 123 456 | +64 800 123 456 | XXXX XXX XXX | [8-10] |
| Premium rate | 0900 123 456 | +64 900 123 456 | XXXX XXX XXX | [7-10] |
| Personal number | 070 123 4567 | +64 70 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Universal access | 083 012378 | +64 83 012378 | XXX XXXXXX | [5-10] |
Show the 6 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{3,8}) | 8[1-79] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2,3}) | 50[036-8]|8|90 | 50(?:[0367]|88)|8|90 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 24|[346]|7[2-57-9]|9[2-9] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3,4}) | 2(?:10|74)|[589] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3,4})(\d{4}) | 1|2[028] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3,5}) | 2(?:[169]|7[0-35-9])|7 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Dependent locality}
{City} {Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, Dependent locality, Postal code
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{4}- Examples
- 6001 · 6015 · 6332 · 8252 · 1030
- Post office lookup
- https://www.nzpost.co.nz/tools/address-postcode-finder
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Māori (New Zealand) locale (mi-NZ), amounts in NZD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (NZD)
- $ 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- -$ 1,234,567.89
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 tāra o Aotearoa
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2M
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 km/h
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Paraire, 27 Māehe 2026
- Date, long
- 27 Māehe 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Māe 2026
- Date, short
- 27-03-2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 PM
- Time, short
- 3:04 PM
- Date and time
- 27 Māe 2026 3:04 PM
- Month and year
- Māehe 2026
- Weekday
- Paraire
- Relative time
- inanahi · +3 rā · -2 haora i mua
- List: and
- A, B, C
- List: or
- A, B, C rānei