Fort Lauderdale is about 2,987 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.03% the size of New Zealand.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.