Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 170

New Zealand

New Zealand is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 32 and ITU zone 60. Its primary prefix is ZL.

Flag of New Zealand.

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Figure 1. New Zealand and its regional councils, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01382 degrees, about 2 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 40.7° S 172.5° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	170
Name in the ADIF standard	NEW ZEALAND
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	ZL
CQ zone	32
ITU zone	60

Prefixes

ZL is the primary prefix. The country files list 4 prefixes and prefix blocks for New Zealand.

Show all prefixes

ZL ZK ZL50 ZM

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.