Table of contents

• Key economic indicators
• Geography 
• Political 
• Banking and finance
• Currency
• Doing business in New Zealand
• The people
• Export focus
• Competitive time zone
• Transport 
• Freight 
• Appendix: New Zealand Ports and Airports 

Key economic indicators

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Geography

New Zealand is situated in the South Pacific Ocean 6500 kms south-southwest of Hawaii and 1900 km to the east of Australia. With a land area of 268,000 sq km it is similar in size to Japan, Great Britain or Colorado in the United States. It is comprised of two main adjacent islands, the North Island and South Island, and a number of small outlying islands. 

New Zealand has a population of just over four million. More than one million people live in Auckland in the North Island. The capital city is Wellington, situated at the southern tip of the North Island. Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island.

Over half of New Zealand's total land area is pasture and arable land, and more than a quarter is under forest cover. It is predominantly mountainous and hilly, with 13% of the total area consisting of alpine terrain, including many peaks exceeding 3000 metres. Lakes and rivers cover 1% of the land. The climate is temperate and relatively mild.

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Political

New Zealand is a sovereign state with a democratic parliamentary government based on the Westminster system. Since 1996 New Zealand has elected Members of Parliament using a "Mixed Member Proportional" (MMP) system of proportional representation. Elections are usually held every three years.

The last four Governments have been coalitions between a major party and a minor party with support from other minor parties on issues of confidence and supply. Since 1996 more than nine political parties have been represented in Parliament.

The judicial system in New Zealand is based on the British model. The judiciary is independent from the executive.

New Zealand has a high degree of social and political stability and a modern social welfare system.

Role of government in business

The Government is responsible for legislation relevant to business operations. This includes legislation in areas such as land transfer, building and construction, Maori land claims, resource management, competition laws, protection of intellectual property, industrial relations, accident compensation, taxation, banking and finance, migration, trade relations and foreign investment.

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Banking and finance

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, whose main function is to implement Government monetary policy according to annual directives, supervises New Zealand's banking system. It also registers and supervises other banks.

New Zealand has an open door policy on bank registration. There are several major trading banks and numerous other banking institutions. Many of the big international banks are represented in New Zealand through agents or sales offices.

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Currency

The currency used in New Zealand is the New Zealand dollar. The following graph shows the performance of the New Zealand dollar against the Australian dollar, the US dollar, the Euro and the Pound. The New Zealand dollar is forecast to depreciate from the recent high exchange rate levels over the next two years.

Foreign Exchange Calculator: for an online foreign exchange calculator see www.xe.com/ucc

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Doing business in New Zealand

New Zealand is a very straightforward place to do business. It has an efficient, market-oriented economy, a stable and secure business environment with zero corruption.

The World Bank publishes an annual report on the ease of doing business in different countries. The report tracks a set of regulatory indicators related to business start-up, operation, trade, payment of taxes, and closure by measuring the time and cost associated with various government requirements.

The most recent report, Doing Business in 2006, rated New Zealand as the easiest country to do business in out of 155 economies measured. 

For more information see www.doingbusiness.org. 

Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) ranks countries in the order of which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians. In 2005, out of 159 counties assessed, New Zealand ranked alongside Finland as the second least corrupt nation in the world, just behind Iceland. 

For more information see the Transparency International 2005 survey. 

Our labour market is famed for being flexible and deregulated with a highly educated and multi-skilled workforce. New Zealand has sophisticated telecommunications links with the world, excellent export networks and outstanding ports. Domestic and international airlines are also very good (refer to appendix "New Zealand Ports and Airports" for further details).

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The people

The majority of New Zealanders are of British descent, complemented with many other European cultures, including Dutch, Greek, Italian, French, German, Scandinavian and Dalmatian. New Zealand is also home to many people from the Pacific Islands and Asia. The largest non-European group is the indigenous Maori, the tangata whenua.

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Export focus

New Zealand has a mixed economy with sizeable manufacturing and service sectors complementing a highly efficient export-oriented agricultural sector. The economy is strongly trade-oriented.

The value of New Zealand’s merchandise exports for the year ending December 2005 was NZ$30.8 billion, rise of 0.34 percent over the previous year. New Zealand's fastest growing export markets in the year ending December 2005 were Jordan (181.1%), Kuwait (58.9%) and Trinidad and Tobago (53.8%), out of the markets which took at least NZ$20 million in exports in the year ending December 2004. 

New Zealand's top 20 export markets

This graph shows the value of New Zealand's merchandise exports to our top 20 export markets. The total value of our exports to these markets accounted for 82.1 percent of New Zealand's total export revenue for the year ending December 2005. 

Source: Statistics New Zealand

By export sector

In the year ended December 2005 the export value of New Zealand’s food and beverages was NZ$15.4 billion, representing just over half of New Zealand’s total merchandise exports.

Manufactured exports totalled NZ$7.18 billion, including organic chemicals, pharmaceutical products, plastic products, rubber products, leather, textiles, paper and paper-associated products, furniture, electrical equipment, marine equipment, agricultural and industrial machinery.

Primary product exports (including exports of plants/flowers, grass and other seeds, wool, raw hides and skins, wood/pulp) totalled NZ$3.56 billion.

Industrial raw materials and metals exports totalled NZ$2.32 billion, including mineral fuels and oils, aluminium, iron/steel, other metals and all other raw materials.  

New Zealand’s service exports, including tourism and consultancy are also growing strongly and were estimated to be worth NZ$12.16 billion for the year ending September 2005.

International education was worth NZ$2.21 billion to the New Zealand economy in 2004. Over 97,700 foreign fee-paying students attended New Zealand education institutions in 2005, down from 112,000 in 2004.

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Competitive time zone

New Zealand is the first OECD country to wake up each day. New Zealand's time zone is two hours ahead of Australia, our working day spans the afternoon on the West Coast of America, the Asian day, right through to breakfast in Europe.

Find out the current time in New Zealand at www.timeanddate.com

New Zealand holidays

Moveable public holidays

Easter in 2007 and 2008

New Zealand regional anniversary days

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Transport

Transport is a major component of economic activity in New Zealand. The country's transport system owes its characteristics to New Zealand's dependence on external trade and remoteness from many of its trading partners, and also to its rugged terrain and scattered population.

As a result, the country has established a comprehensive network of roads (around 93,100 kms) and railways (4,000 kms) linked to ports and airports. The efficiency of the country's internal transport system has played a critical role in New Zealand's economic growth.

Over the past 20 years the transport sector has been systematically deregulated. Previously government-owned operations have been corporatised and many have been sold.

Sea

Almost 84% of New Zealand exports by value and over 99% by volume are carried by sea. Overseas cargo weighing 21.8 million tonnes and valued at NZ$25.6 billion was loaded at New Zealand seaports for the year ended June 2005. Tauranga recorded the highest loading in both weight and value; 6.26 million tonnes and NZ$7.06 billion, respectively.

New Zealand is a ship-using rather than a ship-operating nation, and its shipping policy seeks to ensure that New Zealand exporters and shippers benefit from fair competition between carriers.

Conference lines and vessel sharing agreements are involved in much of New Zealand's overseas shipping. Increased competition in New Zealand's international trade over recent years has seen increasing participation by independent carriers.

Several companies operate inter-island shipping services.

Ports

Port companies operate New Zealand's 13 major commercial ports.

Benefits from the reform of New Zealand's port industry have been realised through corporatisation and privatisation of the ports. Lower stevedoring costs stemming from receptiveness to new technology, changes in conditions of employment and reduced manning levels have also resulted.

Port reforms have seen ship turnaround times halved and New Zealand exporters have been able to negotiate lower freight rates as a result of savings derived from port reforms (refer to appendix "New Zealand Ports and Airports " for further details).

Air services

New Zealand is well served by international airlines, including Air New Zealand, linking the country with the rest of the world with both extensive freight and passenger services (refer to appendix "New Zealand Ports and Airports " for further details).

Since 1985 New Zealand's international aviation policy has been to encourage its negotiating partners in bilateral air services negotiations towards mutual liberalisation, thereby increasing competitiveness in existing and potential markets.

The number and scope of New Zealand's bilateral air service agreements has increased significantly, especially with Asian and Pacific Rim countries.

A number of domestic airlines operate from airports and aerodromes throughout the country. Air New Zealand is the largest domestic operator of scheduled services.

The country's three major airports, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, operate as limited liability companies.

International airports

International flights operate from a number of international airports of which Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch are the most significant. Hamilton, Palmerston North, Queenstown and Dunedin are secondary airports used for international flights, predominantly to Australia (refer to appendix "New Zealand Ports and Airports" for further details).

• Auckland Airport - www.auckland-airport.co.nz
• Wellington International Airport - www.wellington-airport.co.nz
• Christchurch International Airport - www.christchurch-airport.co.nz

Rail

New Zealand's main railway system is nearly 4,000 km long. The track is currently owned by New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC) (www.ontrack.govt.nz), a state-owned enterprise.  Toll NZ (www.tollnz.co.nz) owns and operates the trains that run on the railway system.

The main railway system connects all major population centres and includes inter-island rail ferries.

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Freight

Large shipments and most bulk exports still travel by sea, but more products are now leaving New Zealand by air. This trend is accelerating as the country exports more fresh or chilled, value added and specialised products. The increasing use of "just in time" and the demand for quick delivery of specialised products (as well as spare parts and replacement policies) add another dimension to how New Zealand exporters consider their freight arrangements.

The trend towards fast delivery is being met by air services from New Zealand to major markets and through specialised services by airlines, couriers, air express and air freight consolidators. Freight forwarders and air express companies provide a wide range of services allowing exporters to offer door-to-door delivery and minimum delivery periods (including overnight into most centres in Australia from major New Zealand centres). They also offer warehousing and other distribution features from major international hubs in Australia, Asia, North America and Europe.

Freight forwarders, freight consultants or banks can explain documentation requirements. It is important that you and the New Zealand exporter are working from the latest list of freight terms (incoterms).

Freight forwarders

New Zealand exporters are well served by freight forwarding companies, both national and international. For more information refer to the following:

• Yellow Pages
  www.yellowpages.co.nz
  a comprehensive listing of freight forwarders by region and New Zealand-wide Please refer to:
  Yellow Pages> Pages> All Categories> Transport> Transportation> Freight
  
• Custom Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation (CBAFF) of New Zealand
  www.cbaff.org.nz 
  lists more than 100 freight forwarders

Consolidation of freight

Most New Zealand freight forwarders will consolidate freight on your behalf. You can either contract the freight forwarding company to consolidate the freight from the various companies you are buying from or request the company/ies to forward the goods to the freight forwarder.

You can also talk to freight forwarders in your own country as they will often have a corresponding relationship with a New Zealand-based freight forwarder who can arrange consolidation of your freight. It pays to call around, as many freight forwarders will have forward block bookings with shipping companies and airlines and can get you a better rate than companies buying space on the spot market.

There are a number of trading houses that consolidate freight going to the Pacific Islands. Some of these trading houses specialise in specific products.

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Appendix: New Zealand ports and airports

Overseas cargo loaded by port

This table shows export tonnage and value by port for the year ending June 2004 (provisional).

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Port competitiveness

Port Companies and Market Power - A Qualitative Analysis, a report completed by Charles River Associates (Asia Pacific) Ltd for the New Zealand Government in April 2002 included the following findings:

• A high level of inter-port competition, with ports making vigorous efforts to attract the cargoes of shippers and to attract major shipping lines to their ports.
• New Zealand ports are now benchmarked amongst the most efficient and productive ports in the world.
• There is a range of functions carried out within ports. To some extent, the economic structure of each port is unique in its mix of activities, cargoes, location, scale and accessibility to land transport infrastructure.
• New Zealand has a relatively high geographic density of ports. The number of ports, and in some cases clustering of ports in major cities, means that New Zealand ports are generally within close proximity of one another. 
• In many cases the major cargo carried through a port reflects the nature of the surrounding geography. For example, the major export cargo from the Ports of Northland and Gisborne are forestry products.
• International Shipping Operators - Ports in New Zealand have international sea connections provided exclusively by overseas flagged vessels, many operated by large shipping companies, including P & O Nedlloyd and Maersk Sealand. International vessels also carry coastal cargo when making multiple stops at New Zealand ports.
• As well as dealing with shipping lines, ports deal directly with customers who have cargo to move, including companies exporting goods to overseas markets. Ports have strategically focussed increasing attention on providing solutions to shippers' problems by investing in customer-specific equipment, developing 'inland ports' closer to shippers' production sites, coordinating with rail and road transport to deliver a more efficient logistical package.
• Nearly all cargoes passing through New Zealand ports require some form of inland transport. There are rail and trucking transport modes throughout most of New Zealand. Tranz Rail provides rail freight services throughout New Zealand and several trucking companies operate either nationally or regionally.
• As internal transport costs fall, alternative ports increasingly become economic for port customers, enhancing inter-port competition. 
• Land transport costs have fallen dramatically in New Zealand in the last 15 years. For example the cost of moving a container between Auckland and Christchurch has fallen from around $1200 to as low as $500. The effect of this has been to further intensify inter-port competition.
• Benchmarking provided by the Australian Bureau of Industry Economics suggests that New Zealand ports are very competitive by international standards for the bundles of services surveyed. In many cases New Zealand ports were amongst the cheapest ports surveyed.
  

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Port details

Below are contact details and brief introductions to New Zealand's 13 commercial ports (note this information is taken from the ports' websites). The port websites include extensive information on berthing facilities, warehouse/cold storage infrastructure, cargo availability and shipping schedules, container tracking facilities, service directories, price schedules and links to shipping agents.

Port of Whangarei  -   NorthPort Co
www.northport.co.nz

Port of Whangarei is situated in the province of Northland and is approximately 170km north of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. There are three ports within the confines of Whangarei Harbour:  Marsden Point, Portland and Port Whangarei. Marsden Point has a three berth port facility.

Northport Ltd is the port operating company for the ports of Whangarei and Marsden Point. Jointly owned by Northland Port Corporation and Port of Tauranga on a 50/50 basis, it is currently developing a deep water general/bulk cargo facility at Marsden Point.

Ports of Auckland
www.poal.co.nz

Ports of Auckland is the maritime gateway to New Zealand’s largest and most heavily populated area. The port handles 38% of New Zealand’s total container trade and 50% of the North Island’s container trade. Ports of Auckland is open for business 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and handles 4 million tonnes of breakbulk cargo a year and over 670,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent container unit) a year. It provides shipping links to 207 ports in 73 countries.

CentrePort Ltd - Wellington
www.centreport.co.nz

CentrePort Wellington, at the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island, has a deep-water harbour, and is located in Wellington - New Zealand's capital city.

CentrePort is on international and national trade routes and provides an interface with land and rail transport options.

A total of 89,000 TEUs were handled by CentrePort Wellington in the year to June 2005 - a 16% increase on the previous year.

Port of Tauranga
www.port-tauranga.co.nz

Port of Tauranga is situated in Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty close to the Waikato region. It is New Zealand's leading export port, and New Zealand’s second largest import port by value.

The company also operates Metroport Auckland, which is the country's first inland 'dry' port facility, situated in South Auckland. The facility has a dedicated rail service to the port of Tauranga and provides exporters and importers with easy access to the Auckland region. 

In October 2004, Port of Tauranga was declared the joint winner of the 2004 Australasian Innovative Port of the Year Award.

Eastland Port Ltd - Gisborne
www.eastland.co.nz/port/

Eastland Port Limited owns and operates the port situated at Gisborne on the North Eastern corner of Poverty Bay on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island.

Open 24 hours a day, the port is 1.5km from the centre of Gisborne. The berthing facility has a length of 360 metres and a maximum allowed draft of 10.2 metres.

Napier Port
www.portofnapier.co.nz  

The Port of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region, is situated on the East Coast, serving the central North Island of New Zealand. The port offers a full range of regular worldwide shipping services and handles cargo moving to and from Manawatu, Wellington, Bay of Plenty and other central region zones. 

Container volumes for the year ended September 2005 year reached a new record of 131,371 TEUs, an increase of 1.5% for the year.

Port Taranaki
www.porttaranaki.co.nz

Port Taranaki is centrally located on the west coast of the North Island. It offers nine fully serviced berths for a wide variety of cargoes and vessels and provides an official maximum draught of ten metres, which may be exceeded by arrangement.
Port Taranaki is currently undertaking a $25million dredging project to increase the maximum draught to 12.5 metres, which will allow the port to handle Panamax-sized ships carrying up to 65,000 tonnes of cargo.

Port Nelson Ltd
www.portnelson.co.nz

Port Nelson provides international shippers with a strategic location at the top of New Zealand's South Island. Port Nelson offers a rapid ship turnaround, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A modern port infrastructure teamed with flexible customer-oriented services complements Port Nelson's location in Nelson's harbour, close to the central city.

Port Marlborough New Zealand Ltd
www.portmarlborough.co.nz

The Port of Picton includes port facilities in Picton Harbour and the adjacent Shakespeare Bay at the north eastern tip of the South Island and at the head of the sheltered Queen Charlotte Sound. The Port is strategically placed for both coastal and international cargo shipping operations as well as providing a unique cruise vessel port with tourism and marina facilities.

Lyttelton Port (Canterbury)
www.lpc.co.nz

Lyttelton Port’s strengths lie in container handling, technology and customer service. Located only 15 minutes away from the metropolitan centre of Christchurch, the biggest city in the South Island and the hub of the South Island’s road, rail, air and sea distribution network, Lyttelton is the South Island’s major deep-water port. The port is currently expanding its physical boundaries.

The port has been experiencing increasing volumes in the container terminal, and is currently installing a third container crane to  provide fast and efficient  turnaround.

PrimePort Timaru
www.primeport.co.nz

The most centrally located South Island port, PrimePort Timaru offers easy and uncongested road and rail access. With an easy approach channel and a sheltered inner harbour, vessels of up to 228m in length and up to 10.9 metres draft regularly use the port. PrimePort Timaru provides a 24-hour a day pilot service all year round. Its marine services are certified to ISO 9002 quality standards.

Port Otago (Dunedin)
www.portotago.co.nz

Otago Harbour is located on the eastern seaboard of the South Island, adjacent to the city of Dunedin. Port Otago is the second largest port in the South Island and operates two wharf systems - Port Chalmers and Dunedin.

The Port Chalmers container facility handles the largest container vessels that call at New Zealand's ports. A 24 hour service ensures rapid turnaround of vessels and cargo.

Southland Port
www.southport.co.nz

Situated at the southern tip of the South Island, South Port New Zealand Ltd aims to be the best cost distribution option for all Southern region exporters and importers through the delivery of innovative solutions.

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International shipping lines serving New Zealand

Chief Container Service 
www.chiefcontainerservice.com.au
+64 7 575 5155

Cosco (New Zealand) Ltd 
www.cosco.co.nz
+64 9 302 7393

Fesco Lines New Zealand Ltd 
www.fesco.co.nz
+64 9 300 3350

Hapag-Lloyd Container Line NZ Ltd 
www.hlag.de/en/index.html
+64 9 488 3311

Mediterranean Shipping Company 
www.mscnz.co.nz
+64 3 374 3214

Maersk New Zealand Limited 
www.maersksealand.co.nz
+64 9 359 3499

Malaysia International Shipping Corporation 
www.miscnz.scorp.co.nz
+64 9 365 9777

NYK Line (New Zealand) Ltd 
www.nykline.com
+64 9 358 3840

Pacific Direct Line Ltd 
www.pdl123.co.nz
+64 9 308 3939

P&O Nedlloyd 
www.ponl.com
+64 4 462 4000

Sofrana Unilines (NZ) Ltd 
www.sofrana.co.nz
+64 9 356 1400

Tasman Orient 
www.tasmanorient.com
+64 9 980 9410

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines 
www.2wglobal.com
+64 9 356 2370 

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International airlines serving New Zealand

The following international airlines currently serve New Zealand:

Air New Zealand
www.airnz.co.nz
 +64 9 255 8756

Air Pacific
www.airpacific.com 
 +64 9 379 8476

Air Tahiti Nui
www.airtahitinui.co.nz
 +64 9 308 3360

Air Vanuatu
www.airvanuatu.com
 +64 9 373 3435

Aircalin
www.aircalin.nc
 +64 9 308 3363

*Air Canada 
www.aircanada.ca 
+64 9 256 8676

*American Airlines
www.aa.com
+64 9 309 9159 

Asiana Airlines
www.us.flyasiana.com 
+64 9 308 3359

*British Airways plc
www.britishairways.com
 +64 9 966 9777

#Cargolux Airlines International 
www.cargolux.com 
+64 9 257 0490

Cathay Pacific Airways
www.cathaypacific.com
 +64 9 379 0861

Emirates
www.emirates.com
 +64 9 968 2208

EVA Air
www.evaair.com
 +64 9 256 8465

Freedom Air
www.freedomair.co.nz
 0800 600 500 (from NZ only)

Garuda Indonesia
www.garuda-indonesia.com
 +64 9 366 1862

*Japan Airlines
www.jal.co.jp/en/
 +64 9 379 3202

*KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
www.klm.com
 +64 9 302 0854

Korean Air
www.koreanair.com
 +64 9 914 2000

LAN Airlines
www.lan.com
 +64 9 977 2233

*Lufthansa 
www.lufthansa.com
 +64 9 303 1529

Malaysia Airlines
www.malaysiaairlines.com
 +64 9 379 3743

*Mexicana
www.mexicana.com
 +64 9 977 2213

Pacific Blue Airlines (NZ) Limited
www.pacificblue.co.nz 
 +64 3 357 3900

Polynesian Blue Airlines
www.polynesianblue.com
 +64 9 357 3900

Qantas Airways
www.qantas.com.au
 +64 9 357 8900

Royal Brunei
www.bruneiair.com 
+64 9 977 2209 

Singapore Airlines
www.singaporeair.com
 +64 9 379 3209

Thai Airways International
www.thaiair.com
 +64 9 377 3886

*United Airlines 
www.united.com 
+64 9 977 2271

*Code Sharing Airlines  #Cargo only

Source: Auckland Airport web site www.auckland-airport.co.nz and Ministry of Transport www.transport.govt.nz

Overseas cargo loaded by airport

New Zealand airports loaded overseas cargo weighing more than 104,000 tonnes in the year ending June 20045, up 5.8% compared with the previous year. The value of overseas cargo loaded at New Zealand’s airports was NZ$5.1 billion. Most of the cargo went via Auckland Airport, which accounted for over 83% of all New Zealand airfreight loaded for export. 

This table shows export tonnage and value by airport for the year ending June 2005 (provisional).

Source: Statistics New Zealand
Statistics may not add up to stated total due to rounding.

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Airport details

A brief overview of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch international airports follow, including web site contact details. The websites provide more detailed information, including flight schedules.

Auckland Airport
www.auckland-airport.co.nz

Important features of Auckland Airport include:

• 21km (14 miles) from Auckland's central business district, about 35 minutes by car.
• 24 hours a day operation.
• Approximately 70 percent of all international visitors arrive at Auckland.
• New Zealand's largest and busiest airport based on total passengers and cargo
• Every day on average:
  • 106 international flights and 323 domestic flights occur.
  • 496 tonnes of cargo and mail are flown between New Zealand and other countries.
  • over 30,600 passengers pass through Auckland International Airport’s terminals.

Wellington International Airport
www.wellington-airport.co.nz

Important features of Wellington International Airport include:

• 15 minutes drive from the city centre.
• For the year to 31 March 2005 it handled around 4.6 million passengers, of which some 587,000 were international passengers. For the same year there were just under 113,000 aircraft movements.
• The airport is a major domestic hub in the regional and national transport system, as well as providing international services to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Christchurch International Airport
www.christchurch-airport.co.nz

Important features of Christchurch International Airport include:

• 12 km from the centre of Christchurch City.
• As a 24-hour operation, in the year ended July 2005 Christchurch International Airport had approximately 5.6 million passengers, 88,828 commercial aircraft movements and 26,490 tonnes of international cargo, including cargo transhipped from Christchurch Airport to Auckland for international destinations. 
• Korean Air has direct flights between Christchurch and Seoul over New Zealand’s summer months of December, January and February.

Disclaimer:
While New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has verified the information in this document, we make no representation as to the completeness, correctness, currency, accuracy or fitness for any purpose of the information.  New Zealand Trade and Enterprise will not be responsible for any damage or loss suffered by any person arising from the information contained in this document, whether that damage or loss arises from negligence or otherwise.