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The New Zealand Post Office continued to operate as a government department until 1987, when postal services were re-organized as New Zealand Post, a state-owned enterprise. Postage stamps have been issued in New Zealand since around 18 to 20 July 1855 with the "Chalon head" stamps figuring Queen Victoria. The design was based on a full face ...
The Canadian parcel was preferred to British, American or New Zealand-issued parcels, claiming that the Canadian parcels had "greater bulk", "lasted longer", and/or had "more food". [25]
The following table lists the largest islands of New Zealand proper by area. River delta islands such as Rakaia Island (25.7 km 2 (9.9 sq mi)), Fereday Island, Rangitata Island, and Inch Clutha (approximately 15 km 2 (5.8 sq mi), 30 square kilometres (12 square miles), and 35 km 2 (14 sq mi) respectively) are omitted, as are temporary islands in braided river channels and tidal islands such as ...
NZ Post ( Māori: Tukurau Aotearoa ), [1] shortened from New Zealand Post, is a state-owned enterprise responsible for providing postal service in New Zealand. New Zealand Post logo used from 2000 to 2021. The New Zealand Post Office, a government agency, provided postal, banking, and telecommunications services in New Zealand until 1987.
This is the only large-scale long-distance car / passenger shipping service left, with all others restricted to short ferry routes to islands like Stewart Island / Rakiura or Great Barrier Island. New Zealand has 1,609 kilometres or 1,000 miles of navigable inland waterways; however these are no longer significant transport routes.
Postcodes in New Zealand consist of four digits, the first two of which specify the area, the third the type of delivery (street, PO Box, Private Bag, or Rural delivery ), and the last the specific lobby, RD (rural delivery) number, or suburb. The present postcode system was introduced in New Zealand in June 2006, which, unlike the previous ...
New Zealand claims the ninth largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 4,083,744 km 2 (1,576,742 sq mi), more than 15 times its land area. [7] The South Island is the largest land mass of New Zealand, and is the 12th-largest island in the world. The island is divided along its length by the Southern Alps.
29 January: William Hobson arrives in the Bay of Islands and reads out the proclamation of sovereignty. 6 February: Hōne Heke is the first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi at Bay of Islands. 21 May: Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand. The North Island by treaty and the South Island by discovery.