Alberta (Canada) is 2.5 times larger than New Zealand.
Area: 267,710 km2 World Factbook
Population: 4,401,916 (July 2014) World Factbook
New Zealand is an Oceanian island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. Wikipedia
Alberta is a province of Canada. With a population of 3,645,257 in 2011 and an estimated population of 4,082,571 as of January 1, 2014, it is Canada's fourth-most populous province and most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Wikipedia