New Zealand is located at 175° Longitude & 41° latitude. It has two main islands, the North and South Islands and numerous smaller islands within its territorial waters.

Truly a South Pacific paradise, New Zealand is only a 3-hour flight from Australia and 12 hours from Japan or Hawaii.

Sparsely populated with only 3.8 million people and an area of 164,000sq km, New Zealand is larger in area than the UK and comparative in size to Germany and Italy. The population is only projected to increase to 4 million in the next five years.

• New Zealand has more coastline than mainland USA.

• A temperate climate with no real extremes of temperature, New Zealand offers world class skiing in Winter and surfing all year round.

• Formerly a British colony, New Zealand was granted independence in 1900 and has a Westminster style democratic government with elections every three years.

• New Zealand is a nuclear-free country and has been since 1985.

• New Zealand has one of the best education systems in the world.

• School education is free and universities and training facilities are available to all and are subsidized by cheap government loans to residents.

• New Zealand has one of highest literacy rates in the world.

• Sport is a pastime of New Zealanders. Every child in New Zealand can play some type of world-recognized sport for free. New Zealanders have an enviable reputation in a variety of sporting activities.

• World class Healthcare is available to all New Zealanders. Fully subsidized Doctors visit for children under five and free Dental care is available to school children. The Public Health system provides world-class care and all elective surgery is provided for.
  New Zealand has one of the best medical universities in the world and New Zealand doctors are highly regarded.
  
   

An agricultural wonderland, New Zealand offers pristine farmland and world leading agricultural research and development.

Popular Outdoor Activities include world class trout fishing in unpolluted clear water, skiing on magnificent snow fields and tramping in mountain fiords and terrain of unsoiled native forests.

• New Zealand is technology friendly with the latest communications and computer systems in use.
• The internet is extremely well used and New Zealand has one of the highest levels of mobile phone usage in the world
• Smart card and ATM technology is well advanced and established and there is effective and efficient networking and interfacing among financial institutions.
• The New Zealand financial system is similar in design and execution to the UK, Australia and the USA.
• There are no exchange controls on the inflow or outflow of funds in New Zealand. The New Zealand dollar value is based upon a floating or market value basis.
• The New Zealand economy is export driven.
• Tourism is a big export earner for New Zealand. Rotorua and Queenstown are two of New Zealand's most popular destinations.
   

Housing in New Zealand is varied and most New Zealanders are able to afford their own home. Options for housing include suburban houses, apartments units and lifestyle rural blocks. Mortgage rates are approximately 9 percent.

The majority of New Zealanders live the major cities of

New Zealand infrastructure is well developed with good interaction between educational institutions and the business community.

Government agencies work in the private sector to encourage growth.

Several large international corporations base their operations in New Zealand as the workforce is recognised as highly skilled in specialist areas.

The American Film industry has begun using New Zealand for major productions and the local film industry is highly regarded by Hollywood.