Metrication in New Zealand
New Zealand started metrication in 1969 with the establishment of the Metric Advisory Board (MAB) and completed metrication on 14 December 1976. Until the 1970s, New Zealand traditionally used the imperial system for measurement, which it had inherited from the United Kingdom. Strategy toward metrication. The New Zealand metric symbol was introduced in March 1971. To give metrication a human face, a baby girl whose parents agreed to co-operate was nicknamed Miss Metric. News and pictures of her progress were intermingled with press releases about the progress of metrication. By the end of 1972 the  temperature scale, road signs, and measures used in the sale of such items as wool and milk had been metricated. Only a few letters voiced outright opposition to the changeover. Exceptions. Although New Zealand completed metrication in the 1970s, a 1992 study of university students found that at that time there was a continued use of imperial units for birth weight and human height alongside metric units. On the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the metric system in December 2006, the New Zealand Consumer Affairs Minister, Judith Tizard, commented that "Now 30 years on the metric system is part  of our daily lives" but noted some continuing use of imperial measurements in some birth announcements of baby weights and also with people's heights. Display sizes for screens on televisions, computer monitors, tablets and mobile phones have their diagonals measured in inches, as is the convention in the rest of the world. Wheel rim sizes for vehicles, are also usually stated in inches. The aviation industry is one of the last major users of the old imperial system: altitude and airport elevation is measured in feet. All other aspects (fuel quantity, aircraft weight, runway length, etc.) use metric. Metrication