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New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND: Cities (census population)

Native Name: New Zealand, Aotearoa

ISO-Code: NZL

Capital: Wellington

Contents

Census population of the regions (i.e. regional council areas) and of all cities (i.e. city council areas) of New Zealand.

Regions
Principal Cities
Cities

Regions

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	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
<	Auckland	AU	RCA	NI	5,048	873,905	943,774	1,068,645	1,158,891	1,303,068
<	Bay of Plenty	BP	RCA	NI	11,428	189,990	203,983	224,365	239,412	257,379
<	Canterbury	CB	RCA	SI	45,845	430,111	438,170	468,040	481,431	521,832
<	Gisborne	GI	RCA	NI	8,355	45,759	44,265	45,787	43,974	44,499
<	Hawke's Bay {Hawkes Bay}	HB	RCA	NI	13,764	139,453	138,336	142,789	142,947	147,783
<	Manawatu-Wanganui	MW	RCA	NI	22,687	222,253	224,763	228,770	220,089	222,423
<	Marlborough	MB	RCA	SI	12,493	33,409	35,147	38,397	39,558	42,558
<	Nelson	NE	RCA	SI	444	35,164	36,458	40,279	41,568	42,891
<	Northland	NL	RCA	NI	13,296	122,832	126,787	137,052	140,133	148,470
<	Otago	OT	RCA	SI	31,476	178,532	177,526	185,083	181,542	193,800
<	Southland	SL	RCA	SI	25,392	104,281	99,953	97,100	91,005	90,876
<	Taranaki	TA	RCA	NI	7,227	108,460	107,126	106,589	102,858	104,124
<	Tasman	TS	RCA	SI	14,538	32,404	34,027	37,973	41,352	44,625
<	Waikato	WA	RCA	NI	26,170	320,465	331,026	350,125	357,726	382,713
<	Wellington	WE	RCA	NI	8,056	392,357	400,283	414,048	423,765	448,959
<	West Coast	WC	RCA	SI	23,351	33,022	31,564	32,512	30,303	31,326
	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 Cities

	Name	Adm.	C Cf 2006-03-07 r
1	Auckland	AU	404,658
2	Christchurch	CB	348,435
3	Manukau	AU	328,968
4	North Shore	AU	205,608
5	Waitakere	AU	186,444
6	Wellington	WE	179,466
7	Hamilton	WA	129,249
8	Dunedin	OT	118,683
9	Tauranga	BP	103,635

Cities

	Name	Adm.	C Cf 1991-03-05 r	C Cf 1996-03-05 r	C Cf 2001-03-06 r	C Cf 2006-03-07 r
<	Auckland	AU	306,210	345,870	367,749	404,658
<	Christchurch	CB	...	316,608	324,057	348,435
<	Dunedin	OT	114,504	118,143	114,342	118,683
<	Hamilton	WA	99,414	109,785	116,256	129,249
<	Hutt (Lower Hutt)	WE	94,881	95,874	95,490	97,701
<	Invercargill	SL	55,707	53,208	49,833	50,328
<	Manukau	AU	226,002	254,277	283,197	328,968
<	Napier	HB	51,285	53,463	53,661	55,359
<	Nelson	NE	36,456	40,239	41,565	42,891
<	North Shore	AU	152,646	172,164	184,821	205,608
<	Palmerston North	MW	69,537	73,095	72,033	75,543
<	Porirua	WE	46,545	46,626	47,370	48,546
<	Tauranga	BP	...	77,781	90,912	103,635
<	Upper Hutt	WE	36,882	36,714	36,372	38,415
<	Waitakere	AU	136,998	155,565	168,750	186,444
<	Wellington	WE	148,440	157,719	163,824	179,466

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