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New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND: Agglomerations (census counts)

Native Name: New Zealand, Aotearoa

ISO-Code: NZL

Capital: Wellington

Contents

The main islands of New Zealand and all agglomerations (main urban areas) of more than 30,000 inhabitants.

Main Islands
Principal Agglomerations
Table of Agglomerations

Main Islands

	Name	Abbr.	Status	A (km2)	Cf 1986-03-04 r	Cf 1991-03-05 r	Cf 1996-03-05 r	Cf 2001-03-06 r	Cf 2006-03-07 r
<	North Island	NI	Isl	116,031	2,415,474	2,520,343	2,718,170	2,829,798	3,059,418
<	Offshore Islands	OI	Isl	963	887	739	748	726	618
<	South Island	SI	Isl	153,540	846,923	852,845	899,384	906,753	967,908
	New Zealand	NZL		270,534	3,263,284	3,373,927	3,618,302	3,737,277	4,027,947

Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).
The census counts are not adjusted for underenumeration and do not include residents being temporarily overseas.

Principal Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	A Cf 2006-03-07 r
1	Auckland	NI	1,208,091
2	Wellington	NI	397,974
3	Christchurch	SI	360,768
4	Hamilton	NI	184,838
5	Napier	NI	118,404
6	Dunedin	SI	110,997
7	Tauranga	NI	108,882
8	Palmerston North	NI	76,032
9	Nelson	SI	56,364
10	Rotorua	NI	53,766

Table of Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	A Cf 1986-03-04 r	A Cf 1991-03-05 r	A Cf 1996-03-06 r	A Cf 2001-03-06 r	A Cf 2006-03-07 r
<	Auckland	NI	816,928	878,236	991,796	1,074,507	1,208,091
<	Christchurch	SI	295,748	303,411	325,250	334,107	360,768
<	Dunedin	SI	107,362	107,522	110,801	107,088	110,997
<	Gisborne	NI	32,018	31,401	32,608	31,722	32,529
<	Hamilton	NI	138,645	146,147	158,045	166,128	184,838
<	Invercargill	SI	52,818	51,541	49,403	46,305	46,773
<	Kapiti (Paraparaumu)	NI	23,039	27,344	30,289	33,666	37,344
<	Napier	NI	109,244	109,345	112,793	113,673	118,404
<	Nelson	SI	43,725	45,877	50,692	53,685	56,364
<	New Plymouth	NI	47,369	47,654	48,871	47,763	49,281
<	Palmerston North	NI	66,950	70,237	73,860	72,681	76,032
<	Rotorua	NI	48,855	50,771	52,953	52,608	53,766
<	Tauranga	NI	62,377	70,293	82,287	95,694	108,882
<	Wanganui	NI	40,511	41,100	41,097	39,423	38,988
<	Wellington	NI	346,412	351,506	364,340	373,413	397,974
<	Whangarei	NI	44,197	44,347	45,892	46,047	49,080

(1986) (1991) (1996) (2001) Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).
(2006) Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (provided by Hugh Dickey).
The census counts are not adjusted for underenumeration and do not include residents being temporarily overseas.