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: 44
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 3 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 62
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 37 (2001)

Heliports 1 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.