General info

Entity:
New Zealand
Capital:
Wellington
Population (2008-07-01):
4,173,460 (CIA)
Area:
268,680 sq.km.
Country code:
nz
Region:
Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand

Administrative units

island
region
district / city		 capital area (sq.km.) population
2001-03-06
census		 population
2006-03-07
census
source: Statistics New Zealand.
note: 2006 numbers are rounded preliminary results.
note: (A) Regional Council and District.
note: (B) Regional Council and City.
note: Several districts are part of more than one region; above the area and population are attributed to the region they belong to. Thus a district can be named more than once. Below are the totals 2001/2006 of the districts concerned. When above for a district no population number is mentioned for 2006, the 2001 number is an estimate.
note: (1) Franklin: total 2,188 sq.km. and 51,951/58,600 pop.
note: (2) Rotorua: total 2,615 sq.km. and 68,775/70,400 pop.
note: (3) Taupo: total 6,955 sq.km. and 34,557/35,300 pop.
note: (4) Rangitikei: total 4,479 sq.km. and 15,369/14,800 pop.
note: (5) Stratford: total 2,163 sq.km. and 8,991/8,930 pop.
note: (6) Tararua: total 4,361 sq.km. and 17,589/17,400 pop.
note: (7) Waitomo: total 3,547 sq.km. and 9,618/9,610 pop.
note: (8) Waitaki: total 7,212 sq.km. and 20,934/20,900 pop.
North Island   115,787 2,870,688 3,102,500
Auckland Region   5,230 1,173,639 1,318,700
Bay of Plenty Region   12,461 245,100 263,000
Gisborne (A) Region   8,355 44,142 48,500
Hawke's Bay Region   14,163 146,109 151,500
Manawatu-Wanganui Region   22,207 222,123 223,400
Northland Region   13,296 144,363 152,200
Taranaki Region   7,258 102,684 103,600
Waikato Region   24,692 364,986 390,100
Wellington Region   8,125 427,542 451,400
South Island   160,818 949,245 1,013,800
Canterbury Region   45,335 494,952 537,600
Marlborough (A) Region   12,494 42,531 45,900
Nelson (B) Region   444 43,560 44,900
Otago Region   31,935 194,487 207,700
Southland Region   32,722 94,374 94,600
Tasman (A) Region   14,537 44,880 47,700
West Coast Region   23,351 34,464 35,500
Area Outside   1,792 741 630
Chatham Islands Territory   963 741 630
Other Islands   829 0 0
total   276,605 3,820,749 4,116,900

Agglomerations

name population
1996-06-30
census		 population
2001-06-30
census
Auckland 997,977 1,079,304
Wellington 335,664 340,719
Christchurch 331,443 340,053
Hamilton 159,237 165,576
Napier-Hastings 113,718 116,292
Dunedin 112,158 109,563
source: Statistics New Zealand.

Main cities

name population
2001-03-06
census		 population
2006-03-07
census
Auckland 380,172 419,800
Christchurch 333,174 359,900
Manukau 284,004 330,600
North Shore 185,262 207,600
Waitakere 168,465 183,700
Wellington 167,187 183,500
Hamilton 117,747 131,700
Dunedin 118,038 122,200
Tauranga 91,842 104,700
Lower Hutt 95,121 96,800
Palmerston North 73,125 75,800
Napier 55,137 57,200
Invercargill 50,115 50,500
Porirua 47,292 47,700
Nelson 43,560 44,900
Upper Hutt 36,684 38,200
source: Statistics New Zealand.
note: 2006 numbers are preliminary results.