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New Zealand: Transportation
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Railways:
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total: 3,898 km
narrow gauge: 3,898 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2002)
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Highways:
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total: 92,053 km
paved: 57,809 km (including at least 190 km of expressways)
unpaved: 34,244 km (2000)
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Waterways:
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1,609 km
note: of little importance in satisfying total transportation requirements
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Pipelines:
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gas 2,213 km; liquid petroleum gas 79 km; oil 160 km; refined products 304 km (2003)
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Ports and harbors:
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Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Tauranga, Wellington
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Merchant marine:
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total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 69,685 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 2, container 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
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Airports:
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113 (2002)
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 46
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 28
under 914 m: 5 (2002)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 67
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 26
under 914 m: 39 (2002)
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Heliports:
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1 (2002)
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