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The metric system was adopted into New Zealand in 1969 and the transition was completed by 1977 by which time it was required that all retail advertisements, measurements and scales be in metric units.

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New Zealand officially changed to the Metric System on December 14, 1976 when the Weights and Measures Amendment Act became law.

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Everyone in the world uses the metric system apart from the USA, Myanmar (Burma), Liberia and some Caribbean Islands.

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Yes we use the metric system

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