Time Difference
UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
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
Airports
1