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Harris Pass, Mount Aspiring
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| Quick facts about New Zealand |
| Country code: NZ | | Zone: Pacific | | Country local name: Aotearoa | | Demonym: New Zealander, Kiwi, Aotearoan | | Official languages: English, Māori, NZ Sign Language | | Driving on the left side of the road | | Currency: NZD (New Zealand Dollar) | | Internet TLD: .nz | | Calling code: +64 | | Time zone: NZST (UTC+12) - Summer (DST) NZDT (UTC+13) (Sep to Apr) | | Population: 4.228.0005 | | Capital: Wellington | | Biggest city: Auckland |
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The climate throughout the country is mild and temperate, mainly maritime, with temperatures rarely falling below 0 °C or rising above 30 °C in populated areas.
Conditions vary sharply across regions from extremely wet on the West Coast of the South Island to semi-arid (Köppen BSh) in the Mackenzie Basin of inland Canterbury and subtropical in Northland.
Of the main cities, Christchurch is the driest and Auckland, the wettest. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch all receive on average in excess of 2000 hours of sunshine per annum.
When to go
New Zealand is an all year round destination. For winter sports pasionates, November to April is best period. Though, winter holidays are crowded so book in advance for accomodation and transport.
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