Time Difference:
UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Airports:
1
Travel Climate:
tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
Travel Currency:
New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Languages:
Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English
Ethnic Groups:
Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans)
National Holiday:
Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Geographic Coordinates:
19 02 S, 169 52 W
Location:
Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga