Railways
total: 3,973 km
narrow gauge: 3,973 km 1.067-m gauge (504 km electrified)

Highways
total: 92,306 km
paved: 53,537 km (including 144 km of expressways)
unpaved : 38,769 km (1993 est.)

Waterways 1,609 km; of little importance to transportation

Pipelines petroleum products 160 km; natural gas 1,000 km; liquefied petroleumgas or LPG 150 km

Ports and harbors Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Tauranga, Wellington

Merchant marine
total : 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 173,831 GRT/224,544 DWT
ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 3, railcar carrier1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 6 (1996 est.)

Airports 112 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 89
over 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 48 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 23
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 22 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding New Zealand on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Zealand Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Zealand Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.