The country code for New Zealand is +64.

When calling from outside New Zealand, you must drop the trunk prefix '0' from the NZ area code. For example, Christchurch's area code 03 becomes +64 3.

The area codes are:

+64 2 = mobile numbers

+64 3 = South Island, Chatham Islands, incl. Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson

+64 4 = Wellington, Kapiti

+64 6 = southern and eastern North Island, incl. Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Otaki

+64 7 = Waikato, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Taumarunui

+64 9 = Auckland, Whangarei

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.).

Slang for rubber boots, apparently once favoured by the Duke of Wellington.

Also slang for a very fine beer made by the Wellington Country Brewery, here in Guelph, Ontario.

1. The Wellington boot, also known as a wellie, a topboot, a gumboot, or a

rubber boot, is a type of boot based upon Hessian boots. It was worn and

popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and fashionable

among the British aristocracy in the early 19th century.

2. Wellie Wanging is a competitive social event involving the throwing of a

Wellington boot as far as the competitor can, the wellie may be wanged

either under or over arm, and from a standing or after a running start.

3. The word 'wellie' is a slang for icky weather.

4. The boot has also given its name to the welly boot dance, said to have

been performed by miners in Africa to keep their spirits up whilst

working.

5. The Wellington Boot, or The Wellie, is also a musical venue in the

Westgate area of Rotherham, in the English county of South Yorkshire.

"30 degrees south" . . . An imaginary line roughly 21,560 miles long, passing through

the Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Lesotho, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Coral Sea,

the Pacific Ocean, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.

"30 degrees north" . . . An imaginary line roughly 21,560 miles long, passing through

the Atlantic Ocean, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq,

Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, the East China Sea, Japan

(territorial waters), the Philippine Sea, the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Texas, Louisiana,

and Florida.

Some Maori names for the North Island of New Zealand are:

• Aotearoa - This means either the long cloud, the long white cloud or the refers to the canoe Aotearoa of Kupe who is one of the significant legendary figures in the story of the colonisation of New Zealand. The significance of cloud is that it is often an indicator to navigators of land from the sea. This name is now also used to refer to the whole of New Zealand)
  
• Te Ika a Maui (this means the Fish of Maui and refers to the story of the demi-god Maui fishing up the North Island from the sea)
  

New Zealand.

Location. New Zealand lies southeast of Australia between latitudes 34 degrees south and 47 degrees south.

Area. New Zealand is 1600 kilometres north to south with an area of 268,000 sq km. It comprises two major islands: the North Island (115,000 sq km) and the South Island (151,000 sq km), and a number of small islands.

Population. In September 2010, New Zealand had an estimated a population of close to 4.3 million.

According to Statistics New Zealand, the country's estimated population growth is one birth every 8 minutes and 13 seconds, one death every 16 minutes and 33 seconds, and a net migration gain of one New Zealand resident every 25 minutes and 49 seconds.

Major cities. New Zealand's largest cities are Auckland and Wellington in the North Island, Christchurch and Dunedin in the South Island. Wellington is the national capital and Queenstown in the South Island calls itself the Adventure Capital of the World.

Government. New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with the Queen of England as head of state. The New Zealand Parliament is a unicameral body without an Upper House.

Travel Requirements. You need a valid passport to visit New Zealand but may not need a visa.

Five-day Tours. If you have limited time, here are some suggestions for visiting the North Island or South Island.

Money. The monetary unit is the New Zealand dollar which is equal to 100 New Zealand cents. Currently the New Zealand dollar has a lower value than the US dollar. Note that the exchange rate fluctuates.

First inhabitants. New Zealand's first inhabitants are believed to be the Maori although it had also been hypothesised that the first Polynesians to inhabit what is now New Zealand arrived around 800 AD and were the Moriori, or moa hunters. (The moa is a species of birds, now extinct, some of whom were as tall as three metres.) The hypothesis that the Moriori were the first to arrive in New Zealand appears to have been disproved by Maori oral history. The Moriori and the Maori belong to the same Polynesian race.

European exploration. In 1642 Dutch explorer Abel van Tasman sailed up the west coast of the place he named Nieuw Zeeland, after the Netherlands province of Zeeland.

Cook's voyages. Captain James Cook sailed around New Zealand on three separate voyages, the first in 1769. Captain Cook gave names to a number of New Zealand places which are still in use.

First settlers. The first settlers were sealers, then missionaries. The Europeans started arriving in greater numbers in the early 19th century.

Treaty of Waitangi. This treaty signed in 1840 ceded sovereignty over New Zealand to the Queen of England and guaranteed Maori possession of their own land. The treaty was written in English and in Maori.

Women's right to vote. New Zealand gave its women the right to vote in 1893, a quarter century before Britain or the US.

Climate. New Zealand has what is known as a maritime climate, as opposed to the continental climate of larger land masses. Climate and weather conditions in the seas around New Zealand can cause climatic volatility. Rain is more evenly distributed in the North Island than in the South.

Rivers. The Waikato River in the North Island is the longest New Zealand river at 425km. The longest navigable river is the Whanganui, also in the North Island.

Official languages: English, Maori.

The distance between '''London, England and '''Auckland, New Zealand is '''11390 miles (18331 km).

Flight time:

'''''''''''''''''''''' == == == == London (LON) to Auckland (AKL) Shortest Flight Duration 24 hours 55 mins