Herbert James “Burt” Munro of Invercargill, New Zealand, still owns the world land speed record for under-1000 cc motorbikes. His official run clocked in on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967 at 183.567 mph (295.422 kph). His story was told in the 2005 film The World’s Fastest Ind...
Monetary Unit New Zealand dollar (NZ$) Population Rank (2023) 126 Population Projection 2030 5,283,000 Density: Persons Per Sq Mi (2025) 50.1 Density: Persons Per Sq Km (2025) 19.3 Urban-Rural Population Urban: (2018) 83.7% • Rural: (2018) 16.3% Life Expectancy At Birth Male: (201...