According to UNESCO, there are 315 cinemas in New Zealand and CinemaTour lists 678 open or closed cinemas and theaters. During 2003 16,755,000 cinema tickets were purchased.

As of 2003, the Internet Movie Database included information on 30 New Zealand films. The New York Times website contains reviews for 38 New Zealand films.

New Zealand is in DVD Region 4 and the Internet Movie Database lists 49 New Zealand DVD titles.

As of 2005, ChefMoz.org had 734 restaurant listings for New Zealand . There are 149 McDonalds restaurants.

The United States of America Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recorded 1 alerts for food and drug products from New Zealand imported into the United States.

During 2002, the average person in New Zealand consumed 0.9 kgs of coffee, 1 kgs of tea, 78 litres of beer, 19 litres of wine, 84.2 litres of soft drink and 5.4 litres of bottled water.