Railways
total: 3,973 km
narrow gauge: 3,973 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)

Highways
total: 92,200 km
paved: 53,568 km (including at least 144 km of expressways)
unpaved: 38,632 km (1994 est.)

Waterways 1,609 km; of little importance to transportation

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: 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 155,478 GRT/195,836 DWT
ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 3, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6 (1997 est.)

Airports 111 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 44
over 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 3 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 67
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 43 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.