Central & SE Asia / Australasia
Country profile: New Zealand
| Location: | Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia |
| Climate: | temperate with sharp regional contrasts |
| Terrain: | predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains |
| Size: | 268680 sq. km total (Land area: 268021 sq. km ) |
| Population: | 4,173,460 (July 2008 est.) |
| Languages: | English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official) |
| Government: | parliamentary democracy |
| Capital city: | Wellington |
| Legal system: | based on English law, with special land legislation and land courts for the Maori; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| Currency: | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
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Country profile
The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples.
The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 25,880 bbl/day (2006 est.) | 3 billion cu m (2006 est.) |
| Consumption: | 156,000 bbl/day (2006 est.) | 3 billion cu m (2006 est.) |
| Exports: | 15,720 bbl/day (2006 est.) | |
| Imports: | 140,900 bbl/day (2006 est.) | |
| Reserves: | 55 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.) | 29 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
| Major fields: |
New Zealand - recent news
| 25 Jun 24 |
New Zealand: Vestas secures 155 MW order in New Zealand Vestas has received a 155 MW order for the second stage of the Mercury Energy’s Kaiwera Downs wind farm in New Zealand. This project builds on the first stage of the Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm which was also delivered by Vestas. |
| 24 Jun 24 |
PGS multiclient data coverage for New Zealand exploration New Zealand’s government has removed the ban on offshore exploration that has been in place since 2018. PGS has regional coverage and high-grade GeoStreamer 3D ready for evaluation in the The Taranaki Basin; the only producing petroleum basin in New Zealand. |
| 10 Jun 24 |
New Zealand to reverse oil and gas exploration ban Removing the ban on petroleum exploration beyond onshore Taranaki is part of a suite of proposed amendments to the Crown Minerals Act to deal with the energy security challenges posed by rapidly declining natural gas reserves. |
| 21 Jun 23 |
New Zealand: Ormat signs agreements to develop 50MW geothermal power plant in New Zealand Ormat Technologies, a leading geothermal, energy storage, photovoltaic (PV), solar and recovered energy power company, has announced the signing of agreements with Eastland Generation Limited (EGL) to build a 50MW power plant in New Zealand. |
| 29 Nov 22 |
New Zealand: Meridian's Southern Green Hydrogen Project selects Woodside Energy as preferred partner Meridian Energy, a New Zealand power company that generates electricity through 100% renewable sources, with the support of Ngai Tahu, has selected Woodside Energy as the preferred partner to move forward to the development stage of the proposed Southern Green Hydrogen (SGH) project in New Zealand. |
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Other countries in this region
- Australia,
- Bangladesh,
- Brunei,
- Cambodia,
- China,
- Fiji,
- Hong Kong,
- India,
- Indonesia,
- Japan,
- Laos,
- Malaysia,
- Maldives,
- Mongolia,
- Myanmar,
- Nepal,
- North Korea,
- Pakistan,
- Palau,
- Papua New Guinea,
- Philippines,
- Singapore,
- South Korea,
- Sri Lanka,
- Taiwan,
- Thailand,
- Timor Leste,
- Vietnam
