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New Zealand Transportation:

Railways:
total: 3,898 km (2004 est.)
narrow gauge: 3,898 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified)

Highways:
total: 92,382 km (2002 est.)
paved: 59,124 km (including at least 169 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,258 km

Pipelines:
gas: 2,213 km
liquid petroleum gas: 79 km
oil: 160 km
refined products: 304 km
(2004)

Ports and harbors:
Auckland, Lyttelton, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei

Merchant marine:
total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 77,523 GRT / 108,352 DWT
by type: passenger/cargo 4, cargo 3, bulk carrier 3, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 2 (Germany 1, Isle of Man 1)
registered in other countries: 5
(2005)

Airports:
116 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 46
over 3047m: 2
2438 to 3047m: 1
914 to 1523m: 27
under 914m: 5
1524 to 2437m: 11
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 70
1524 to 2437m: 2
914 to 1523m: 29
under 914m: 39
(2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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