New Zealand facts

• New Zealand is situated about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea.
• Tourism supports more than 10 percent of NZ jobs.
• Demonym: New Zealander.
• The majority of New Zealand's population is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority.
• 94 percent of those in jail in New Zealand are males.
• 30 percent of NZ's land is forested.
• Wellington is the most southerly capital city on the planet.
• Area: 268,021 km² (103,483 sq mi).
• Population: 4,367,700
• The climate in NZ is mild and temperate and most of the landscape is covered by tussock grass or forests of podocarp, kauri or southern beech.
• New Zealand's highest mountain is Aoraki Mount Cook. It is 3,754 meters (12,316 ft) high.
• Currently New Zealand generates about 10 percent of its electricity geothermally from volcanic heat.
• 22 percent of New Zealand residents were born overseas.