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New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND: Cities (estimated population)

Native Name: New Zealand, Aotearoa

ISO-Code: NZL

Capital: Wellington

Contents

Officially estimated 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)	E 2001-06-30 r	E 2006-06-30 r	Ep 2009-06-30 r
<	Auckland	AU	RCA	NI	5,048	1,216,900	1,371,000	1,436,400
<	Bay of Plenty	BP	RCA	NI	11,428	246,900	265,300	272,300
<	Canterbury	CB	RCA	SI	45,845	496,700	540,000	559,200
<	Gisborne	GI	RCA	NI	8,355	45,500	46,000	46,200
<	Hawke's Bay {Hawkes Bay}	HB	RCA	NI	13,764	147,300	152,100	153,400
<	Manawatu-Wanganui	MW	RCA	NI	22,687	227,500	229,400	230,200
<	Marlborough	MB	RCA	SI	12,493	40,700	43,600	45,000
<	Nelson	NE	RCA	SI	444	42,900	44,300	45,000
<	Northland	NL	RCA	NI	13,296	144,400	152,700	155,800
<	Otago	OT	RCA	SI	31,476	188,300	199,800	205,400
<	Southland	SL	RCA	SI	25,392	93,300	93,200	93,500
<	Taranaki	TA	RCA	NI	7,227	105,700	107,300	108,100
<	Tasman	TS	RCA	SI	14,538	42,400	45,800	46,800
<	Waikato	WA	RCA	NI	26,170	369,800	395,100	406,600
<	Wellington	WE	RCA	NI	8,056	440,200	466,300	478,600
<	West Coast	WC	RCA	SI	23,351	31,100	32,100	32,600
	New Zealand	NZL			270,534	3,880,500	4,184,600	4,315,800

Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).
The population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration and residents being temporarily overseas.

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	C Ep 2009-06-30 r
1	Auckland	AU	444,100
2	Christchurch	CB	372,600
3	Manukau	AU	368,500
4	North Shore	AU	225,800
5	Waitakere	AU	204,500
6	Wellington	WE	195,500
7	Hamilton	WA	140,700
8	Dunedin	OT	123,700
9	Tauranga	BP	112,500
10	Hutt	WE	102,100

Cities

	Name	Adm.	C E 2001-06-30 r	C E 2006-06-30 r	C Ep 2009-06-30 r
<	Auckland	AU	388,800	428,300	444,100
<	Christchurch	CB	335,300	361,800	372,600
<	Dunedin	OT	119,300	122,300	123,700
<	Hamilton	WA	120,900	134,400	140,700
<	Hutt (Lower Hutt)	WE	99,100	101,300	102,100
<	Invercargill	SL	51,100	51,600	52,000
<	Manukau	AU	298,200	347,100	368,500
<	Napier	HB	55,200	56,800	57,200
<	Nelson	NE	42,900	44,300	45,000
<	North Shore	AU	194,200	216,900	225,800
<	Palmerston North	MW	75,200	78,500	80,300
<	Porirua	WE	49,500	50,600	51,500
<	Tauranga	BP	93,300	106,700	112,500
<	Upper Hutt	WE	37,700	39,700	40,600
<	Waitakere	AU	176,200	195,300	204,500
<	Wellington	WE	171,100	187,700	195,500

Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).
The population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration and residents being temporarily overseas.