_#_Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1—1.6798 (January 1991), 1.6750 (1990), 1.6711 (1989), 1.5244 (1988), 1.6886 (1987), 1.9088 (1986), 2.0064 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June
_*Communications #_Railroads: 4,716 km total; all 1.067-meter gauge; 274 km double track; 113 km electrified; over 99% government owned
_#_Highways: 92,648 km total; 49,547 km paved, 43,101 km gravel or crushed stone
_#_Inland waterways: 1,609 km; of little importance to transportation
_#_Pipelines: 1,000 km natural gas; 160 km refined products; 150 km condensate
_#_Ports: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Tauranga
_#_Merchant marine: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 204,269 GRT/281,375 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 1 container, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 railcar carrier, 4 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 5 bulk
_#_Civil air: about 40 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 157 total, 157 usable; 33 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 46 with runways 1,220-2,439 m