Statistics New Zealand defines urban areas of New Zealand for statistical purposes (they have no administrative or legal basis). The urban areas comprise cities, towns and other conurbations (an aggregation of urban settlements) of a thousand people or more. In combination, the urban areas of the country constitute New Zealand's urban population. As of , the urban population made up % of New Zealand's total population. The current standard for urban areas is the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18), which replaced the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92) in 2018. There are four classes of urban area under SSGA18: *Major urban areas, with a population of 100,000 or more. There are seven major urban areas which combined have a population of (% of the total population). *Large urban areas, with a population of 30,000 to 99,999. There are 13 large urban areas which combined have a population of (% of the total population). *Medium urban areas, with a population of 10,000 to 29,999. There are 22 medium urban areas which combined have a population of (% of the total population). *Small urban areas, with a population of 1,000 to 9,999. There are 136 small urban areas which combined have a population of (% of the total population). Each urban area consists of one or more level-2 statistical areas (SA2s). Urban areas under SSGA18 do not cross territorial authority boundaries, with one exception ( Richmond, which lies in the Tasman District but includes the Daelyn SA2 area from neighbouring Nelson City). Statistics New Zealand also defines rural settlements with a population of 200 to 999 people or at least 40 dwellings. While these do not fit the standard international definition of an urban population, they serve to distinguish between true rural dwellers and those in rural settlements or towns.

Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018

The following shows the urban areas as classified under SSGA18.

Major urban areas

* Auckland () * Hamilton () * Tauranga () *

Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...

() * Wellington () * Christchurch () * Dunedin ()

Large urban areas

* Whangārei () * Hibiscus Coast () *

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...

() * Gisborne () * Hastings () * Napier () *

New Plymouth New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...

() * Whanganui () * Palmerston North () *

Porirua Porirua, ( mi, Pari-ā-Rua) a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Porirua' is a corruption of 'Pari-rua', meaning "the tide swee ...

() * Upper Hutt () * Nelson () * Invercargill ()

Medium urban areas

* Pukekohe () * Cambridge () * Te Awamutu () * Tokoroa () * Taupō () * Whakatāne () * Havelock North () * Feilding () * Levin () * Waikanae () * Paraparaumu () *

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

() * Richmond () * Blenheim () * Rangiora () * Kaiapoi () * Rolleston () * Ashburton () * Timaru () * Oamaru () * Queenstown () * Mosgiel ()

Small urban areas

* Kaitaia () *

Kerikeri Kerikeri () is the largest town in Northland, New Zealand. It is a tourist destination north of Auckland and north of the northern region's largest city, Whangarei. It is sometimes called the Cradle of the Nation, as it was the site of th ...

() * Kaikohe () *

Haruru Haruru is a settlement in Garissa County, Kenya. It lies within Arawale National Reserve The Arawale National Reserve is a designated conservation area managed by the Garissa County in assistance with the Kenya Wildlife Service. It lies in N ...

() * Paihia () *

Opua Opua is a locality in the Bay of Islands, in the sub-tropical Northland Region of New Zealand. It is notable as the first port for overseas yachts arriving in the country after crossing the Pacific Ocean. In the original 1870s plans for ...

() * Moerewa () * Kawakawa () * Hikurangi () * Ngunguru () * One Tree Point () *

Ruakākā Ruakākā is a small town in the north of New Zealand approximately 30 kilometres south of Whangārei in the Bream Bay area. Originally a small beachside community, Ruakākā has seen development due to its proximity to the expansion of the coun ...

() *

Waipu Waipu may refer to: New Zealand *Waipu Lagoons, near New Plymouth *Waipu, New Zealand, town in Northland *Waipu River, river in Northland Taiwan *Waipu District, Taichung *Waipu Fishing Port The Waipu Fishing Port () is a fishing port in Houl ...

() * Dargaville () * Mangawhai Heads () * Wellsford () * Warkworth () * Snells Beach () * Parakai () * Helensville () *

Waimauku Waimauku is a small locality in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It comes under the jurisdiction of Auckland Council, and is in the council's Rodney ward. Waimauku is approximately 4 kilometres west of Huapai on State Highway 16 at the jun ...

() * Muriwai () * Kumeū- Huapai () * Riverhead () * Waiheke West () * Clarks Beach () * Beachlands-Pine Harbour () * Maraetai () * Waiuku () * Patumahoe () * Coromandel () * Whitianga () * Thames () * Tairua () * Pauanui () * Whangamatā () * Ngatea () * Paeroa () * Waihi () * Tuakau () *

Pōkeno Pōkeno is a small town in the Waikato District of the Waikato region in New Zealand, southeast of Auckland, from Tuakau and from Mercer. State Highway 1 originally ran through the town, but the upgrading of the highway in 1992 to expressway ...

() * Te Kauwhata () * Huntly () *

Raglan Raglan may refer to: People *FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855), British Army officer, commander of British troops during the Crimean War *Raglan (surname) *Raglan Squire (1912–2004), British architect Places Australia *Count ...

() * Ngāruawāhia () * Morrinsville () * Te Aroha () * Matamata () *

Pirongia Pirongia is a small town in the Waipa District of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is 12 kilometres to the west of Te Awamutu, on the banks of the Waipā River, close to the foot of the 962 metre Mount Pirongia, which lies in ...

() *

Kihikihi Kihikihi, a small town located in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, serves as a satellite community of Te Awamutu, five kilometres to the north, and lies 35 kilometres south of Hamilton. The 2018 New Zealand census recor ...

() * Otorohanga () * Putāruru () *

Te Kūiti Te Kūiti is a town in the north of the King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the junction of State Highways 3 and 30 and on the North Island Main Trunk railway, south of Hamilton. The town promotes itself as th ...

() * Turangi () * Waihi Beach-Bowentown () * Katikati () *

Ōmokoroa Ōmokoroa is a small urban area in the Western Bay of Plenty District of New Zealand. The suburb is considered part of Greater Tauranga (contributing towards its population of ), and is within the Coromandel electorate. Ōmokoroa began as a sm ...

() * Te Puke () * Ngongotahā () * Edgecumbe () * Ōhope () * Murupara () * Kawerau () * Ōpōtiki () * Wairoa () *

Clive Clive is a name. People and fictional characters with the name include: People Given name * Clive Allen (born 1961), English football player * Clive Anderson (born 1952), British television, radio presenter, comedy writer and former barrister * ...

() * Waipawa () * Waipukurau () *

Ōakura Ōakura is a small township in New Plymouth District, Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 45, 15 kilometres south-west of New Plymouth. Ōkato is 12 km further south-west. The Oakura Rive ...

() * Waitara () *

Inglewood Inglewood may refer to: Places Australia *Inglewood, Queensland * Shire of Inglewood, Queensland, a former local government area *Inglewood, South Australia *Inglewood, Victoria * Inglewood, Western Australia Canada * Inglewood, Ontario *Inglewo ...

() * Stratford () * Ōpunake () * Eltham () * Hāwera () * Patea () * Taumarunui () * Raetihi () * Ohakune () * Taihape () * Marton () *

Bulls Bulls may refer to: *The plural of bull, an adult male bovine *Bulls, New Zealand, a small town in the Rangitikei District Sports *Bucking bull, used in the sport of bull riding *Bulls (rugby union), a South African rugby union franchise operated ...

() * Ashhurst () * Woodville () *

Dannevirke Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; mi, Taniwaka, lit= or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is), is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New ...

() * Pahiatua () * Foxton Beach () * Foxton () * Shannon () * Ōtaki Beach () * Ōtaki () *

Paekākāriki Paekākāriki () is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island, New Zealand, and one of the northernmost suburbs of Wellington. It lies north of Porirua and northeast of the Wellington CBD. The town's name comes from ...

() * Carterton () *

Featherston Featherston is a surname of English origin, at least as old as the 12th century. The link with "Featherstone" is probably not traceable, but people researching both spellings (and others such as "de Fetherestanhalgh") contribute to the collection o ...

() * Greytown () * Martinborough () * Tākaka () * Motueka () * Māpua () * Wakefield () * Brightwater () *

Hope Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...

() * Picton () * Renwick () * Kaikōura () * Westport () * Reefton () * Runanga () * Greymouth () * Hokitika () *

Amberley Amberley may refer to: Places Australia *Amberley, Queensland, near Ipswich, Australia *RAAF Base Amberley, a Royal Australian Air Force military airbase United Kingdom * Amberley, Gloucestershire, England * Amberley, Herefordshire, England ...

() * Oxford () * Woodend () *

Pegasus Pegasus ( grc-gre, Πήγασος, Pḗgasos; la, Pegasus, Pegasos) is one of the best known creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine stallion usually depicted as pure white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as hor ...

() * Lyttelton () *

Diamond Harbour Diamond Harbour () is a town and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It is the headquarters of the Diamond Harbour subdivision. Histor ...

() * Darfield () *

West Melton West Melton is a former mining village in the parish of Brampton Bierlow in South Yorkshire, England. It lies between Wath upon Dearne and Brampton Bierlow, roughly 5 miles north of Rotherham and 5 miles south-east of Barnsley. The village fa ...

() *

Prebbleton Prebbleton is a small town in the Selwyn District in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It is 11 km southwest of the centre of Christchurch and about 2 km south of the outlying industrial suburb of Hornby. Prebbleton dates bac ...

() * Leeston () * Lincoln () * Methven () * Rakaia () *

Geraldine Geraldine may refer to: People * Geraldine (name), the feminine form of the first name Gerald, with list of people thus named. * The Geraldines, Irish dynasty descended from the Anglo-Norman Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor * Geraldine of Albania, th ...

() *

Pleasant Point Pleasant Point may refer to: Places In Canada * Pleasant Point, Nova Scotia In New Zealand * Pleasant Point, New Zealand In the United States * Pleasant Point, Lincoln County, Kentucky * Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation, at Pleasant P ...

() * Temuka () * Twizel () * Waimate () * Cromwell () * Clyde () *

Alexandra Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...

() * Arthurs Point () * Wānaka () * Lake Hāwea () * Arrowtown () * Lake Hayes () * Waikouaiti () *

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

() * Balclutha () *

Milton Milton may refer to: Names * Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname) ** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet * Milton (given name) ** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...

() * Te Anau () * Winton () * Riverton () * Gore () * Mataura () * Bluff ()

Rural settlements

North Island

Ahipara Ahipara is a town and locality in Northland, New Zealand at the southern end of Ninety Mile Beach, with the Tauroa Peninsula to the west and Herekino Forest to the east. Ahipara Bay is to the north west. Kaitaia is 14 km to the north east, ...

(1,390) *

Algies Bay Algies Bay is a northern coastal suburb of Auckland, in New Zealand. It is on the Mahurangi Peninsula about 68 kilometres (by road) north of the city centre. Highfield Garden Reserve is an area of public land just north of Algies Bay. Until 198 ...

(1,040) *

Arapuni Arapuni is a rural town centre on the Waikato river in the South Waikato District of New Zealand. The town sits next to the Arapuni Dam, a hydroelectric dam at Lake Arapuni commissioned in 1929. The Arapuni Power Station consists of eight turb ...

(310) *

Athenree Athenree is a rural settlement coastal town in the Western Bay of Plenty District of New Zealand. It is on the northern side of Tauranga Harbour, and separated from Waihi Beach by the Waiau River (Coromandel), Waiau River on its north and east s ...

(3,160) * Ātiamuri (72) * Awanui (405) * Baddeleys Beach-Campbells Beach (100) *

Baylys Beach Baylys Beach is a beach and settlement on the west coast of Northland, New Zealand. The beach is on the northern side of the settlement, with Ripiro Beach on the southern side. Dargaville is to the east. History The Battle of Moremonui was ...

(340) * Benneydale (200) * Bethells Beach (Te Henga) (280) *

Bombay, New Zealand Bombay is a rural community in the Bombay Hills at the southern boundary of Auckland Region of New Zealand. The Auckland Southern Motorway runs through Bombay. Bombay is named for the ship ''Bombay'', which transported settlers from England t ...

(740) *

Bunnythorpe Bunnythorpe is a village in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island, north of the region's major city, Palmerston North. Dairy farms predominate the surrounding area but the community facilities include Bunnythorpe School, w ...

(720) *

Cable Bay Rotokura / Cable Bay is a bay and small settlement north-east of Nelson in New Zealand. The settlement at the head of the bay is at the southern end of a thin strip of land or causeway connecting Pepin Island with the South Island. The New Ze ...

(890) *

Castlepoint Castlepoint is a small beachside settlement on the Wairarapa coast of the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is home to a lighthouse which stands near the top of the northern end of a reef. The reef is about one kilometre long. At the south ...

(60) * Clevedon, New Zealand (640) * Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing (550) * Coopers Beach (660) * Egmont Village (350) * Eketāhuna (530) * Fairview (320) *

Five Mile Bay 5 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 5, five or number 5 may also refer to: * AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era * 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era Literature * ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram * ''5'' (comics), an awar ...

Waitahanui Waitahanui is a village in the Taupō District, Waikato region, New Zealand. The village is on the eastern shore of Lake Taupō, south of the district seat of Taupō . Waitahanui Marae and Pākira meeting house is a meeting place for the Ngā ...

(580) * Frasertown (260) *

Glenbrook Beach Glenbrook Beach is a rural community at the northern end of a peninsula formed between the Waiuku River and Taihiki River in Auckland, New Zealand. Waiuku is 14 km south by road. The area is also known as Kawahai, after a species of fish which ...

(320) *

Grahams Beach Grahams Beach is a rural settlement on the northern tip of the Āwhitu Peninsula and south coast of the Manukau Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. The settlement as described by Statistics New Zealand also includes Big Bay. Once ...

(140) * Hahei (280) * Halcombe (500) *

Hamurana Hamurana is a settlement and area of natural springs on the northern side of Lake Rotorua, in Rotorua Lakes within the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It includes the deepest natural spring on the North Island, emerging from ...

(1,080) * Haumoana (1,290) * Hicks Bay (180) * Hihi (190) *

Himatangi Beach Himatangi Beach is a small coastal community in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located 32 kilometres west of Palmerston North in the centre of the largest sand dune geographical feature in New Zealand. Demo ...

(530) *

Hiwinui Hiwinui is a settlement in Manawatū District, in the Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand's central North Island. "Hiwinui" means "big ridge" in the Māori language. History The Hiwinui area was originally settled by the Rangitāne iwi. ...

(360) *

Hokio Beach Hōkio Beach is a village and rural community in the Horowhenua District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located south of Waitarere Beach, west of Levin, and north of Waikawa Beach. Demographics Hokio Beach ...

(200) * Horotiu (690) * Huia (680) * Hunterville (430) * Kaeo (240) * Kaiaua (450) *

Kai Iwi Kai Iwi is a rural community west of Whanganui in New Zealand's North Island. It lies close to SH 3, approximately halfway between Whanganui and Waitotara. The population centre is at Kai Iwi Beach, also called Mowhanau. The area was settled by ...

(150) *

Kaimaumau Kaimaumau is a locality on the northeast side of Rangaunu Harbour and on west side of the Aupouri Peninsula of Northland, New Zealand. In October 2020, the Government committed $65,643 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Kaimaumau Marae, ...

(160) * Kaingaroa (420) * Kaipara Flats (180) * Kaiwaka (830) * Kaponga (320) * Karangahake (340) * Karapiro Village (330) * Karekare (270) * Karikari (530) * Kaukapakapa (960) * Kawakawa Bay (690) * Kawau Island (80) * Kawhia (410) * Kerepehi (560) * Kerikeri Inlet (480) * Kimbolton (240) * Kingseat (620) * Kinloch (800) * Kohukohu (180) * Koitiata (130) * Kūaotunu (260) * Kuratau (100) * Lake Okareka (520) * Lake Tarawera (280) *

Leigh Leigh may refer to: Places In England Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan ** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) * Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced : * Leigh, Dorset * Leigh, Gloucestershire * Leigh, Kent * Leigh, Sta ...

(650) * Lepperton (460) * Longburn (370) * Mahia Beach (200) * Mahurangi West (90) * Maketu (1,330) * Mamaku (900) * Manaia (1,000) * Manakau (500) * Mangakino (880) * Mangaore (80) *

Mangaweka } Mangaweka is a township on the State Highway One (SH1), Manawatū-Whanganui region, in the North Island of New Zealand, with a population of just under 200. It is between Taihape to the north and Hunterville to the south. The Rangitikei River ...

(90) * Mangawhai (1,150) *

Mangōnui Mangōnui is a settlement on the west side of Mangōnui Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. runs through it. It is the easternmost of the Taipa-Mangonui string of settlements, separated from Coopers Beach to the northwest by Mill Bay Road. T ...

(660) *

Manutuke Manutuke is a settlement in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the west of the city of Gisborne on State Highway 2, close to the mouth of the Waipaoa River. Demographics The population of Manutuke was 402 in ...

(420) * Matakana (540) *

Matakawau Point Matakawau Point is a rural settlement on the east side of the Āwhitu Peninsula and west side of the Manukau Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. The mouth of Matakawau Creek is south of Matakawau Point. Demographics Statistics New Z ...

(110) * Matapouri (220) * Matarangi (520) * Matata (710) *

Matawai Matawai can refer to: * Matawai people, an ethnic group of Suriname *Matawai language Saramaccan () is a creole language spoken by about 58,000 ethnic African people near the Saramacca and the upper Suriname River, as well as in Paramaribo, cap ...

(114) *

Maungatapere Maungatapere is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 14 runs through it. Whangārei is 11 km to the east, and Tangiteroria is 18 km to the south west. The settlement takes its name from a rounded volcanic peak of the ...

(290) * Maungaturoto (1,000) *

Medlands Beach Medlands Beach is in Oruawharo Bay on the east coast of Great Barrier Island in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Auckland Council describes it as the most accessible beach on the island. It is one of the island's main tourist areas but is l ...

(90) * Meremere (620) *

Midhirst, New Zealand Midhirst is a small village in Taranaki, New Zealand, approximately 4 km north of Stratford, on State Highway 3. Inglewood is 17 km (11 mi) north of Midhirst, and New Plymouth is 35 km (22 mi) to the northwest. Demo ...

(260) * Mokau (120) *

Motuoapa Motuoapa is a rural settlement northeast of Tūrangi, on the southeast side of New Zealand's Lake Taupō. runs through it. Motuoapa Peninsula rises to the northwest, with a trig point at 497 metres, and Motuoapa Bay is directly to the north. A ...

(390) *

Mourea Mourea is a settlement in Rotorua Lakes within the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on a thin strip of land between Lake Rotorua and Lake Rotoiti, on State Highway 33. Demographics Mourea is described by Sta ...

(420) * National Park, New Zealand (230) * Ngahinapouri (210) * Ngawha Springs (160) * Normanby (1,090) * Norsewood (140) * Nūhaka (210) * Oakura-Whangaruru South (170) * Ōhaeawai (450) * Ohakea (370) * Ohau (800) *

Ōhaupō Ōhaupō is a rural community in the Waipa District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on State Highway 3, about halfway between Hamilton and Te Awamutu. The Ōhaupō area and surrounding Ngāhinapōuri, Te Rore ...

(660) *

Ohawe Ohawe or Ōhawe is a rural community in South Taranaki, New Zealand. It is located about 9 kilometres west of Hāwera, and south of State Highway 45. Ohawe is at the mouth of the Waingongoro River, where it reaches the South Taranaki Bight. ...

(230) * Ohiwa (180) * Ohura (120) * Okaihau (350) * Okato (670) *

Okere Falls Okere Falls is a small town located 21 km from Rotorua on SH 33 between Rotorua and Tauranga on the North Island of New Zealand. The town is situated on the shore of the Okere Inlet of Lake Rotoiti, from which the Kaituna River flows north ...

(410) * Okiato (200) * Okura (390) * Omaha, New Zealand (800) * Ōmāpere (450) * Omiha (520) * Omori (220) *

Onaero Beach Onaero is a settlement in northern Taranaki, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on New Zealand State Highway 3, State Highway 3 close to the shore of the North Taranaki Bight, east of Waitara, New Zealand, Waitara. Onaero was the s ...

(80) *

Onemana Onemana is a 1970s beach village on the eastern side of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, with a beach, a surf club, fire station and dairy. It lies to the east of State Highway 25, south of Pauanui and north of Whangamatā. The Whare ...

(170) * Ongaonga (180) * Ongare Point-Kauri Point (310) * Opononi (270) * Orere Point (360) * Ormondville (70) * Oruatua-Te Rangiita-Waitetoko (170) * Otane (740) * Owhango (180) * Paengaroa (870) * Paerata (560) * Pahi (260) * Paparoa (380) * Parau (530) * Paremoremo (530) * Parua Bay (640) * Pataua (200) * Patutahi (350) * Piha (1,060) * Piopio (480) *

Plummers Point Plummers Point is a rural settlement in the Western Bay of Plenty District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is on a headland on the southern side of Tauranga Harbour, opposite Motuhoa Island, and between Mangawhai Bay ...

(190) *

Pohangina Pohangina is a small rural community in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand, just north of Ashhurst. Pohangina is located along the foot of the Ruahine Range, and is primarily farming land. Farming varies from sheep and cattle to cro ...

(220) *

Point Wells Point Wells is a rural settlement in the Auckland Region of New Zealand, at the tip of a peninsula between the Omaha River and Whangateau Harbour. Omaha is across the harbour but accessible by a causeway. Point Wells was divided into sections ...

(560) * Pongaroa (90) * Porangahau (160) *

Port Albert Port Albert is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, on the coast of Corner Inlet on the Yarram - Port Albert Road, south-east of Morwell, south-east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Wellington. At the , Port Albert had a population of 293. ...

(130) * Port Waikato (560) *

Puhoi Puhoi may refer to: * Puhoi, New Zealand Puhoi is a settlement located approximately 50 km north of Auckland, New Zealand on the banks of the Puhoi River. The name Puhoi is translated as "slow water". (Compare the Māori word , meaning "b ...

(390) *

Pukehina Beach Pukehina is a beach and township located in the Western Bay of Plenty District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It consists of a white sandy beach, an estuary, farms and several homes. The area is popular with surfing, win ...

(860) * Pukenui (750) * Puriri (250) * Rangataua (140) * Rangitane (380) * Ratana (370) * Raurimu (70) * Rawene (530) *

Rings Beach Rings Beach is a beach settlement on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, between Matarangi on the west and Kūaotunu on the east. The eastern end of the settlement is known as Kūaotunu West. The beach was named after Frank Ring, a l ...

(130) *

Rongotea Rongotea is a small rural village in the Manawatū District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located on the western Manawatū Plains, approximately northwest of the region's main city, Palmerston North. Features Like most of the small sett ...

(690) *

Rotoiti Rotoiti may be: Places *Lake Rotoiti (Bay of Plenty), a lake in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand :*Rotoiti, Bay of Plenty, a locality on the shore of Lake Rotoiti *Lake Rotoiti (Tasman), a lake in the Tasman area of New Zealand * Mount Rotoiti, ...

(540) * Rotoma (270) * Ruatoria (820) * Ruawai (500) * Rukuhia (170) *

Russell Russell may refer to: People * Russell (given name) * Russell (surname) * Lady Russell (disambiguation) * Lord Russell (disambiguation) Places Australia *Russell, Australian Capital Territory *Russell Island, Queensland (disambiguation) **Ru ...

(800) *

Sandspit, New Zealand Sandspit is a settlement in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is on the Mahurangi Peninsula, about 65 kilometres north of the city centre. It has experienced substantial increases in property values during the first two decades of the 21st c ...

(550) * Sanson, New Zealand (630) * Scotts Landing-Mahurangi East (180) *

Shelly Beach, New Zealand Shelly Beach (), officially known as Aotea / Shelly Beach, is a settlement and beach located on the eastern side of Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula and the southwest side of Kaipara Harbour, North Auckland. In 2018, a seawall and five groynes ...

(260) * Stillwater (1,040) *

Taharoa Taharoa ( mi, Tahaaroa or ) is a small village on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, to the southwest of Kawhia Harbour and overlooking Lake Taharoa. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "lo ...

(180) * Taipa (180) * Takapau (640) * Taneatua (980) * Tangimoana (310) *

Tanners Point Tanners Point is a rural settlement in the Western Bay of Plenty District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is on a headland on the eastern side of Tauranga Harbour, opposite Katikati Entrance. A reserve and walkway pr ...

(210) * Tapu (260) * Taupiri (530) * Te Araroa (160) * Te Awanga (840) * Te Hana (110) *

Te Horo Beach Te Horo and Te Horo Beach are two localities on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Te Horo Beach is the larger of the two settlements and, as its name implies, is located on the Tasman Sea coast. Te Horo is located to the east, a ...

(360) * Te Kaha (340) * Te Karaka (550) * Te Kopuru (530) * Te Kowhai (520) *

Te Puna West Te Puna West is a rural settlement in the Western Bay of Plenty District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is on a headland on the southern side of Tauranga Harbour, opposite Motuhoa Island, and on the eastern side of ...

(440) *

Te Puru Te Puru is a locality on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. State Highway 25 runs through it. Tapu lies about 7 km to the north, and Thames is about 12 km to the south. The Te Puru Stream and about 18 tri ...

(580) * Te Teko (480) *

Thornton Bay-Ngarimu Bay Thornton Bay is a settlement on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, between Te Puru to the north and Whakatete Bay to the south. runs through it. Ngarimu Bay immediately to the south is considered to be part of the ...

(330) * Tikitere (750) *

Tikokino Tikokino is a town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located northwest of Waipawa and southwest of Hastings. The township is located on State Highway 50. The township was founded by ...

(210) *

Ti Point Ti Point is an area off Omaha Beach in the small New Zealand village of Leigh, located in the Rodney District. Ti Point is situated very close to Leigh and Goat Island, and is just over one hour drive north of Auckland. It is used for fishing, ...

(140) * Tīrau (860) * Tokerau Beach (260) * Tokomaru (590) *

Tokomaru Bay Tokomaru Bay is a small beachside community located on the isolated East Coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is 91 km north of Gisborne, on State Highway 35, and close to Mount Hikurangi. The district was originally known as Toka-a- ...

(470) * Tolaga Bay (890) * Tryphena (210) * Tuai (230) * Turua (400) * Tutukaka (790) * Urenui (430) * Waharoa (680) * Waiau Pa (480) *

Waihou Waihou is a rural settlement in the Matamata-Piako District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on between Te Aroha and Morrinsville and west of the Waihou River. Waihou Recreational Reserve provides sporting faci ...

(330) *

Waiinu Beach Waiinu Beach is a settlement on the South Taranaki Bight in South Taranaki, New Zealand. Waverley is 18.5 km to the north-west by road, and Whanganui is 42 km to the south-east. Road access to Waiinu Beach is by a single road to W ...

(80) * Waikawa Beach (150) *

Waikino Waikino is a small settlement at the eastern end of a gorge in the North Island of New Zealand alongside the Ohinemuri River, between Waihi and the Karangahake Gorge. The Waikino district lies at the base of the ecologically sensitive Coromandel ...

(320) * Waimarama (240) *

Waiomu Waiomu is a settlement on the west coast of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, between Tapu to the north and Te Puru to the south. runs through it. Waiomu Kauri Grove Walk is a hiking trail to a stand of New Zealand kauri trees in ...

(370) * Waiouru (790) * Waipapa (190) *

Waipu Cove-Langs Beach Waipu Cove is a locality and bay of Bream Bay in the Whangarei District and Northland Region of New Zealand. It is about 9 km southeast of Waipu and 5 km northwest of Langs Beach. It has a long sandy beach. Demographics Statistics New Zeal ...

(310) * Wairakei Village (550) * Waitangi, Northland (50) * Waitarere Beach (750) * Waitoa (300) * Waitotara (70) * Waiwera (250) * Waverley (830) * Whakamaru (170) * Whakatu (680) * Whangapoua (90) * Whangarei Heads (1,060) * Whangaroa (150) * Whangateau (130) * Whatawhata (320) * Whirinaki (430) *

Whiritoa Whiritoa is a small beach town on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand between Whangamatā and Waihi Beach. It has a permanent population in the low hundreds, which swells to over a thousand during the New Year holiday period. It has a conven ...

(250)

South Island

* Ahaura (100) *

Akaroa Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name. The name Akaroa is Kāi Tahu Māori for "Long Harbour", which would be spelled in standard ...

(800) * Allanton (310) * Amberley Beach (180) *

Anakiwa Anakiwa is a coastal residential village in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It sits at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui, one of the Marlborough Sounds, west of Picton and east of Havelock. At the 2018 census, the village ...

(180) * Aramoana (120) * Arthur's Pass (50) * Ashley (420) *

Balfour Balfour may refer to: People Earls of Balfour * Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930), British Conservative politician, Prime Minister of the UK (1902-1905), made the public statement of Balfour Declaration * Gerald Balfour, 2n ...

(120) * Bannockburn (580) * Benhar (90) * Birdling's Flat (210) *

Blackball Blackball, black-ball, black ball, blackballed, or blackballing may refer to: * Blackballing, a rejection in a traditional form of secret ballot Film * ''Blackball'' (film), a 2003 film starring Paul Kaye * '' Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Stor ...

(290) *

Burnham Burnham may refer to: Places Canada *Burnham, Saskatchewan England *Burnham, Buckinghamshire ** Burnham railway station ** Burnham Grammar School *Burnham Green, Hertfordshire, location of The White Horse * Burnham, Lincolnshire **High Burnham, ...

(1,290) * Carters Beach (340) * Castle Hill (30) * Cave (80) * Cheviot (360) *

Clinton Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...

(300) * Coalgate (370) * Collingwood (300) * Culverden (370) * Cust (410) * Dobson (590) * Doyleston (340) * Dunsandel (460) * Duntroon (100) * Duvauchelle (170) * Edendale (600) * Ettrick (180) * Fairlie (910) * Fox Glacier (260) *

Franz Josef Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

(530) * Glenavy (210) * Glenorchy (380) * Glentunnel (180) * Governors Bay (940) *

Granity Granity is a small town on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, north-east of Westport on State Highway 67. Karamea is further north. Squeezed between the often-tempestuous Tasman Sea to the west and steep forested cloud-shrouded moun ...

(160) *

Grovetown Grovetown is a city in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Augusta metropolitan area and the Central Savannah River Area. The 2019 population estimate was 15,152. The mayor is Gary Jones. History From the building of the ...

(380) * Haast (90) * Hampden (350) * Hanmer Springs (1,100) * Harihari (260) *

Harwood Harwood may refer to: Places ;Australia * Harwood, New South Wales ;Canada * Harwood, Ontario * Harwood Island (British Columbia) ;New Zealand * Harwood Hole * Harwood, New Zealand ;United Kingdom * Harwood, County Durham * Harwood, Greater M ...

(240) * Havelock (630) * Hawarden (250) * Hawea Flat (630) *

Herbert Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

(100) * Hinds (310) *

Hororata Hororata is a village at the northwestern edge of the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 15 kilometres southwest of Darfield, New Zealand, Darfield, five kilometres south of Glentunnel, and 50 kilometre ...

(220) *

Jack's Point Jack's Point is a luxury estate in Central Otago, New Zealand, covering 1,200 hectares of land. It is located 6 km south of Queenstown, at the foot of The Remarkables and close to the edge of Lake Wakatipu. It is known for its golf course ...

(1,540) * Kaitangata (760) * Kaiteriteri (390) *

Kakanui The small town of Kakanui lies on the coast of Otago, in New Zealand, fourteen kilometres to the south of Oamaru. The Kakanui River and its estuary divide the township in two. The part of the settlement south of the river, also known as Kakanui ...

(430) * Kaka Point (230) *

Kaniere Kaniere is a small town in the Westland District of the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. Hokitika lies to the north-west, and the Hokitika River flows past to the south-west. The locality began about 1865 as one of the main all ...

(300) * Karamea (380) * Karitane (420) *

Kennington Kennington is a district in south London, England. It is mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth, running along the boundary with the London Borough of Southwark, a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the ...

(120) *

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

(360) * Kirwee (1,040) *

Kumara Kumara may refer to: Places * Kumara (Mali), a province * Kumara, New Zealand, a town * Kumara (New Zealand electorate), a Parliamentary electorate Other uses * Kumara Illangasinghe, an Anglican bishop in Sri Lanka * Kumara (surname) * The Four ...

(290) * Kurow (380) *

Lake Hood Lake Hood is a man-made recreational lake, located 6 km south-east of Tinwald in the locality of Huntingdon, Canterbury, New Zealand. It was opened in 2001 by the Right Honourable Jenny Shipley. It is 2.3 km long by 1 km wide and ...

(420) *

Lake Roxburgh Village A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much lar ...

(80) * Lawrence (460) * Leithfield (600) * Leithfield Beach (410) *

Ligar Bay The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (''Panthera leo'') and a female tiger (''Panthera tigris''). The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid called the tigon, and ...

(130) * Little River (290) *

Luggate Luggate is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on between Wanaka and Cromwell, near the junction with State Highway 8A, approximately 15 km from the Wanaka township, just past Wanaka Airport. The Luggate 'Gra ...

(600) * Lumsden (530) * Maheno (130) * Makikihi (90) *

Malvern Hills-Whitecliffs Malvern or Malverne may refer to: Places Australia * Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide * Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne * City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne * Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...

(190) * Manapouri (240) * Marahau (250) * Marlborough Ridge (230) * Middlemarch (160) *

Milford Huts Milford Huts is a bach community in the Timaru district and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Milford Huts is on the northern side of the Ōpihi River mouth, 7.5 kilometres southeast of Temuka by road. The area is at risk o ...

(90) * Millbrook (140) * Millers Flat (90) * Moana (70) * Moeraki (120) *

Mossburn Mossburn is a small town in the northern Southland region of New Zealand. It is situated 113 km south of Queenstown, 59 km east of Te Anau and 100 km north of Invercargill. The town is located in a very scenic area, with the moun ...

(180) *

Mount Somers Mount Somers ( mi, Te Kiekie) is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand, nestled in the foothills of the Southern Alps. The population in the 2001 census was 2,307. Due to its scenic location, it has seen growth in the number of holiday hom ...

(160) * Mount Cook Village (230) * Murchison (500) * Naseby (130) * Ngakawau-Hector (190) * Ngakuta Bay (60) * Nightcaps (310) * Ohai (270) * Okiwi Bay (70) * Omakau (370) * Omarama (310) * Orari (170) * Otakou-Harington Point (200) *

Otautau Otautau is a small farming, forestry and milling town located inland on the western edge of the Southland Plains of New Zealand on the banks of the Aparima River. Otautau is located approximately north west of Invercargill. The average elev ...

(790) *

Otematata Otematata is a town in the Waitaki District of Otago in New Zealand's South Island. It is defined as a "populated area less than a town" and the 2001 New Zealand census gave the "usually resident population count" as 243. By the 2018 census it ...

(200) * Outram (790) * Owaka (320) * Palmerston (1,000) * Parapara (100) * Pareora (490) * Pisa Moorings (750) * Pohara (550) *

Pounawea Pounawea is a small town in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located four kilometres southwest of Owaka, at the mouth of the Catlins River. It is a popular holiday spot with a seasonal population, there are ...

(50) * Purakaunui (230) * Purau (70) * Rai Valley (190) * Ranfurly (740) * Rarangi (690) * Riversdale (420) * Riwaka (810) * Ross (280) * Rotherham (150) * Roxburgh (600) *

Ruby Bay Ruby Bay is a settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island. It is located between Māpua and Tasman on Te Mamaku / Ruby Bay. Ruby Bay was named after small 'rubies' (red chert) found within the moutere gravel. Demogra ...

(750) * Seddon (580) * Sefton (220) *

Selwyn Huts Selwyn Huts, also called Upper Selwyn Huts, is a rural settlement close to the northern shore of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora in the Selwyn District of New Zealand. Lower Selwyn Huts is a smaller settlement 2.8 km further south. The settlement ...

(100) * Sheffield and Waddington (350) * Southbridge (960) * Spencerville (520) * Spring Creek (610) *

Springfield Springfield may refer to: * Springfield (toponym), the place name in general Places and locations Australia * Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast) * Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council) * Springfield, Queenslan ...

(360) * Springston (560) *

St Andrews St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fou ...

(200) * St Arnaud (130) * Stirling (340) * Taieri Mouth (280) * Tai Tapu (620) * Takamatua (110) * Tapanui (800) * Tapawera (350) *

Tasman Tasman most often refers to Abel Tasman (1603–1659), Dutch explorer. Tasman may also refer to: Animals and plants * Tasman booby * Tasman flax-lily * Tasman parakeet (disambiguation) * Tasman starling * Tasman whale People * Tasman (name), ...

(560) *Lake Tekapo (town), Tekapo (720) *The Pines Beach (350) *Tuamarina (240) *Tuatapere (550) *Waiau, Canterbury, Waiau (270) *Waihola (450) *Waikaia (140) *Waikari (280) *Waikuku (170) *Waikuku Beach (940) *Waimangaroa (220) *Waipara (320) *Waipopo (90) *Wairau Valley (250) *Waitati, Waitati-Doctors Point (620) *Wallacetown (730) *Ward, New Zealand, Ward (90) *Warrington, New Zealand, Warrington (510) *Winchester, New Zealand, Winchester (270) *Woodbourne, New Zealand, Woodbourne (690) *Woodbury, New Zealand, Woodbury (110) *Woodend Beach (290) *Woodlands, New Zealand, Woodlands (290) *Wyndham, New Zealand, Wyndham (600)

Offshore islands

*Oban, New Zealand, Oban, Stewart Island (320) *Waitangi, Chatham Islands (210)

New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992

Under the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92), there are three classes of urban area: *Main urban areas, with a population of 30,000 or more. These 17 areas mostly correspond to the places known by New Zealanders as cities. *Secondary urban areas are the 14 urban areas with a population of 10,000 to 29,999. *Minor urban areas make up the remainder of the urban population of the country, towns with 1,000 to 9,999 people. There are 103 minor urban areas.

Main urban areas

The population figures shown are Statistics New Zealand's resident population estimates at For rankings in various criteria see the ranked list of New Zealand urban areas. Four main urban areas are subdivided into urban zones of New Zealand, urban zones. The following cities are listed by location from north to south.

North Island

* Whangārei (): from Hikurangi to Portland. * Auckland () is divided into four urban zones: **Northern Auckland Urban Zone (): ***the part of Rodney District known as the Hibiscus Coast, from Waiwera south, including Orewa and the Whangaparaoa Peninsula ***all of North Shore City **Western Auckland Urban Zone (): ***the part of Rodney District around Kumeū ***the urban part of West Auckland, New Zealand, West Auckland **Central Auckland Urban Zone (): Auckland isthmus, including the Auckland CBD and inner suburbs **Southern Auckland Urban Zone (): ***the urban part of Manukau City ***Papakura, Papakura District ***Whangapouri Creek and Runciman in Franklin District *Hamilton Urban Area, Hamilton () is divided into three urban zones: **Hamilton Urban Zone (): all of Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton City and neighbouring parts of Waikato and Waipa districts including Ngāruawāhia, Taupiri and Ōhaupō **Cambridge Urban Zone (): includes Leamington **Te Awamutu Urban Zone (): includes Kihikihi * Tauranga (): Omokoroa to Papamoa Beach; and Mount Maunganui to Tauriko and Pyes Pa *

(): Ngongotahā to Owhata *Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne (): Makaraka to Okitu *Napier-Hastings Urban Area, Napier-Hastings () is a conurbation of two urban zones: **Napier, New Zealand, Napier (): Includes Napier City, Taradale, Hawke's Bay, Taradale, Eskdale, Waiohiki, Meeanee and Bay View, New Zealand, Bay View. From Bay View to Awatoto **Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings (): From Havelock North to Flaxmere, includes Te Awanga, Haumoana, Pakowhai and Pakipaki *

(): Oakura to Bell Block *Whanganui, Wanganui (): Westmere to Marybank * Palmerston North (): Including Longburn, Kairanga and Stony Creek, but excluding Ashhurst and rural areas in the Tararua foothills *Kapiti Coast, Kapiti (): Pekapeka to Paekākāriki * Wellington () is divided into four urban zones: ** Upper Hutt (): Te Marua to Pinehaven **

(): includes Wainuiomata, Petone and the eastern bays, excludes farmland adjacent to Wainuiomata **

(): all of Porirua City except Paekākāriki Hill and Mana Island; includes Pukerua Bay and Pauatahanui **Wellington City (): from Linden south, includes Horokiwi but excludes Mākara and Ohariu

South Island

*Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson (): from Glenduan to the Wairoa River, includes Richmond but excludes Whangamoa * Blenheim (): From Renwick to Riverlands and south to Wither Hills * Christchurch (): Christchurch City, Kaiapoi, and up to the Waimakariri River, Prebbleton, Tai Tapu and Lyttelton Harbour including Diamond Harbour * Dunedin (): from Mosgiel and

to Pine Hill, New Zealand, Pine Hill, Ravensbourne, New Zealand, Ravensbourne to Aramoana * Invercargill (): Makarewa to Woodend and west to Otatara

Secondary urban areas

The population figures shown are Statistics New Zealand's resident population estimates at the The following towns are listed by location from north to south.

North Island

* Pukekohe (): From Paerata to Tuakau. Excludes Bombay. * Whakatāne (): From Coastlands to Ōhope and south to Poroporo. * Tokoroa (): From Tokoroa to Kinleith. * Taupō (): From Wairakei to Taupō Airport. * Hāwera (): From Normanby to Mokoia. * Feilding (): From Halcombe to Aorangi. *Levin, New Zealand, Levin (): From Waitarere Beach to Ohau. *

(): From Opaki to Waingawa.

South Island

* Greymouth (): From Runanga to Southbeach and Camerons. * Rangiora (): From the Ashley River to Flaxton *Ashburton, New Zealand, Ashburton (): From Fairton to Winslow and Argyle Park. * Timaru (): From Washdyke to Scarborough and west to Gleniti. *Queenstown, New Zealand, Queenstown (): From Fernhill and Kelvin Heights to Frankton * Oamaru (): From Pukeuri to Weston, New Zealand, Weston and Holmes Hill.

Minor urban areas

North Island

*Taipa-Mangonui, Taipa Bay-Mangonui () * Kaitaia () *

() * Paihia () * Kawakawa () * Moerewa () * Kaikohe () * Dargaville () * Ngunguru () * Mangawhai Heads () * Wellsford () * Warkworth () * Snells Beach () * Helensville () *Waiheke Island () * Waiuku () * Coromandel () * Whitianga () * Tairua () * Thames () * Whangamatā () * Ngatea () * Paeroa () * Waihi () * Te Kauwhata () * Huntly () *

() * Otorohanga () *Te Kuiti () * Te Aroha () * Morrinsville () * Matamata () * Putāruru () *Tūrangi () *Waihi Beach () *Katikati, Katikati Community () *Te Puke, Te Puke Community () * Edgecumbe () * Kawerau () * Murupara () * Ōpōtiki () * Wairoa () * Waipawa () * Waipukurau () * Waitara () *

() * Stratford () * Eltham () * Ōpunake () * Patea () * Taumarunui () * Ohakune () * Raetihi () * Waiouru () * Taihape () * Marton () *

() *

() * Woodville () * Pahiatua () *Foxton, New Zealand, Foxton Community () * Shannon () * Ōtaki () * Carterton () * Greytown () *

() * Martinborough ()

South Island

* Tākaka () * Motueka () * Māpua () * Brightwater () * Wakefield () * Picton () * Westport () * Reefton () * Hokitika () * Kaikōura () *

() * Oxford () * Woodend () * Darfield () *Rolleston, New Zealand, Rolleston () * Lincoln () * Leeston () * Methven () * Rakaia () *

() * Temuka () *

() *Twizel, Twizel Community () * Waimate () * Wānaka () * Arrowtown () * Cromwell () *

() * Waikouaiti () *

() * Balclutha () * Te Anau () * Gore () * Winton () * Riverton () * Bluff ()

Changes to classification

;1992 Original classification ;1996 No change ;2001 *Kapiti promoted from secondary to main urban area *Rolleston added as minor urban area *Pauanui Beach dropped to rural centre ;2006 *Edgecumbe Community renamed Edgecumbe ;2013 *Blenheim promoted from secondary to main urban area *Rangiora and Queenstown promoted from minor to secondary urban areas *Gore demoted from secondary to minor urban area *Ngunguru, Mangawhai Heads, Te Kauwhata, Ngatea, Mapua, Amberley, Methven, Rakaia and Waikouaiti added as minor urban areas *

, Mangakino, Manaia and Hanmer Springs dropped to rural centres

Related lists

* List of New Zealand urban areas by population – a simplified ranked list * List of Functional Urban Areas in New Zealand - Stats NZ recently defined 53 Functional Urban Areas in New Zealand * List of cities in New Zealand * List of towns in New Zealand

References

{{New Zealand topics Populated places in New Zealand, Urban areas of New Zealand