Statistics New Zealand Statistics New Zealand ( mi, Tatauranga Aotearoa), branded as Stats NZ, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the collection of statistics related to the economy, population and society of New Zealand. To this end, Stats ...

defines urban areas of New Zealand for statistical purposes (they have no administrative or legal basis). The

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...

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cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and other conurbations (an aggregation of urban settlements) of a thousand people or more. In combination, the urban areas of the country constitute

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'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 (

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, 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 Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

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Tauranga Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...

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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 ...

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Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

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Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

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Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

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Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and ...

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Hibiscus Coast The Hibiscus Coast is a populated area on a stretch of the Hauraki Gulf coast in New Zealand's Auckland Region. It has a population of making it the 11th most populous urban area in New Zealand, and the second most populous in the Auckland Re ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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Whanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...

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Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

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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 ...

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Upper Hutt Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. Geography The Upper Hutt city cent ...

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Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

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Medium urban areas

Pukekohe Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, it is in South Auckland, between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River. Th ...

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Te Awamutu Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south of Hamilto ...

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Tokoroa Tokoroa ( mi, Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere) is the fifth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato District. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the M ...

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Taupō Taupō (), sometimes written Taupo, is a town on the north-eastern shore of Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake, in the central North Island. It is the largest urban area of the Taupō District, and the second-largest urban area in the Wai ...

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Whakatāne Whakatāne ( , ) is the seat of the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island of New Zealand, east of Tauranga and north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatāne River. Whakatāne District is the encompassing territorial authority, whi ...

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Havelock North Havelock North ( mi, Te Hemo-a-Te Atonga) is a town in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, situated less than 2 km south-east of the city of Hastings. It was a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of local ...

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Feilding Feilding ( mi, Aorangi) is a town in the Manawatū District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 54, 20 kilometres north of Palmerston North. The town is the seat of the Manawatū District Council. Feilding has w ...

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Waikanae Waikanae (, ) is a town on the Kapiti Coast, 60 kilometres north of the Wellington CBD. The name is a Māori word meaning "waters" (''wai'') "of the grey mullet". The town lies between Paraparaumu, eight kilometres to the southwest, and Ōtak ...

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Paraparaumu Paraparaumu () is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kapiti Coast, north of the nation's capital city, Wellington. Like other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast called Paraparaumu Bea ...

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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 ...

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Rangiora Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is north of Christchurch, and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area. With an estimated population of Rangiora is the 30th largest urba ...

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Kaiapoi Kaiapoi is a town in the Waimakariri District of the Canterbury region, in the South Island of New Zealand. The town is located approximately 17 kilometres north of central Christchurch, close to the mouth of the Waimakariri River. It is con ...

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Timaru Timaru (; mi, Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to ...

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Oamaru Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway ...

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Mosgiel Mosgiel (Māori: ''Te Konika o te Matamata'') is an urban satellite of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, fifteen kilometres west of the city's centre. Since the re-organisation of New Zealand local government in 1989 it has been inside the Dunedin ...

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Small urban areas

Kaitaia Kaitaia ( mi, Kaitāia) is a town in the Far North District of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula, about 160 km northwest of Whangārei. It is the last major settlement on New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1. Ahipara ...

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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 ...

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Kaikohe Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about 260 km from Auckland. It is the largest inland town and highest community above sea level in the Northland Region. With a population of over ...

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Paihia Paihia is the main tourist town in the Bay of Islands in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 60 kilometres north of Whangārei, located close to the historic towns of Russell and Kerikeri. Missionary Henry William ...

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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 the ...

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Moerewa Moerewa is a small town in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the Bay of Islands five kilometres to the west of Kawakawa. Moerewa is a service town for the surrounding farming industry. Its main ind ...

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Hikurangi Hikurangi is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The city of Whangārei is 17 km (11 miles) to the south, and Kawakawa is 39 km (24 miles) northwest. The Glenbervie Forest is southeast of the settlement. State Highway ...

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Ngunguru Ngunguru is a coastal settlement in Northland, New Zealand, north-east of Whangārei. The Ngunguru River flows between the settlement and a long low sandspit into Whangaumu Bay, which stretches southwards. North of Ngunguru are Tutukaka and ...

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Dargaville Dargaville ( mi, Takiwira) is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River in the Kaipara District of the Northland region. The town is located 55 kilometres southwest of Whangārei. ...

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Mangawhai Heads Mangawhai Heads is a township in Northland, New Zealand. Waipu is 21 kilometres northwest, and Mangawhai is 5 kilometres southwest. Mangawhai Heads Beach is an intermediate-level surf beach. The Mangawhai Cliffs Walkway, north of the townshi ...

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Wellsford Wellsford (Māori: ''Whakapirau'') is a town on the Northland Peninsula in the northern North Island of New Zealand. It is the northernmost major settlement in the Auckland Region, and is 77 kilometres northwest of the Auckland CBD. Wellsford i ...

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Snells Beach Snells Beach is a small coastal town in the north of Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the eastern coast of the Mahurangi Peninsula and its namesake beach faces east across Kawau Bay to Kawau Island. The near ...

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Parakai Parakai is a town in the North Island of New Zealand, sited 43 kilometres (27 miles) northwest of Auckland, close to the southern extremity of the Kaipara Harbour. Helensville is about 3 km (2 miles) to the south-east, and Waione ...

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Helensville Helensville is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is sited northwest of Auckland, close to the southern extremity of the Kaipara Harbour. New Zealand State Highway 16, State Highway 16 passes through the town, connecting it to Waimauk ...

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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 ju ...

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Muriwai Muriwai, also called Muriwai Beach, is a coastal community on the west coast of the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. The black-sand surf beach and surrounding area is a popular recreational area for Aucklanders. The Muriwai R ...

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Kumeū Kumeū is an affluent rural town and suburb of Auckland situated 25 km north-west of the City Centre in New Zealand. State Highway 16 and the North Auckland Line pass through the town. Huapai lies to the west, Riverhead to the north, Whenu ...

Huapai Huapai is a locality north-west of Auckland, New Zealand. State Highway 16 and the North Auckland Railway Line pass through it. Kumeū is adjacent to the east, Riverhead is to the north-east, and Waimauku to the west. History The area was ...

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Clarks Beach Clarks Beach is a small town of Auckland, New Zealand. It is in the former Franklin District local government area. Primarily a beachside rural town, situated within the Manukau Harbour, at the mouth of the Waiuku River, it fronts the harbour a ...

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Maraetai Maraetai is a coastal town and the easternmost suburb of greater Auckland in New Zealand. The closest town, Beachlands, lies approximately 4 km to the west. Its name is Māori meaning "meeting place by the sea". Maraetai was the origina ...

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Waiuku Waiuku is a rural town in the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the Waiuku River, which is an estuarial arm of the Manukau Harbour, and lies on the isthmus of the Āwhitu Peninsula, which ...

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Patumahoe Patumahoe or Patumāhoe is a small town of Auckland, New Zealand. It is in the Franklin Ward of Auckland Council. The name means to strike or kill with a patu made of wood from māhoe. Demographics Patumāhoe is defined by Statistics New Ze ...

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Coromandel Coromandel may refer to: Places India *Coromandel Coast, India **Presidency of Coromandel and Bengal Settlements ** Dutch Coromandel *Coromandel, KGF, Karnataka, India New Zealand *Coromandel, New Zealand, a town on the Coromandel Peninsula *Coro ...

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Whitianga Whitianga is a town on the Coromandel Peninsula, in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located on Mercury Bay, on the northeastern coast of the peninsula. The town has a permanent population of as of making it the ...

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Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...

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Tairua The town of Tairua is on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the mouth of the Tairua River on its north bank and on the small Paku Peninsula. Tairua is a Māori name which translates litera ...

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Pauanui The town of Pauanui (a Māori language name meaning "big pāua (abalone)") is on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the mouth of the Tairua River on its south bank, directly opposite the l ...

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Whangamatā The town of Whangamatā is on the southeast coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 30 kilometres north of Waihi, to the north of the western extremity of the Bay of Plenty. In holiday times the popu ...

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Ngatea Ngatea ( mi, Ngātea) is a small town on the Hauraki Plains in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 18 kilometres southwest of Thames and 70 kilometres southeast of Auckland. Ngatea lies on the Piako River, eight kilometres south of i ...

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Paeroa Paeroa is a town in the Hauraki District of the Waikato Region in the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula, it is close to the junction of the Waihou River and Ohinemuri River, and is approximately 20 kilo ...

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Waihi Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town. The town is at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, close to the western end of the Bay of Plenty. The nearby res ...

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Tuakau Tuakau ( mi, Tūākau) is a town in the Waikato region at the foot of Bombay hills, formerly part of the Franklin district until 2010, when it became part of Waikato District in the North Island of New Zealand. The town serves to support local fa ...

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Te Kauwhata Te Kauwhata is a small town in the north of the Waikato region of New Zealand, situated close to the western shore of Lake Waikare, some 40 km north of Hamilton and approximately 58 km south of Manukau City. Description ''Te Kauwh ...

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Huntly Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlemen ...

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Ngāruawāhia Ngāruawāhia () is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers, adjacent to the Hakarimata Range. Ngāruawāhia is in the Hamilton Ur ...

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Morrinsville Morrinsville is a provincial town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, with an estimated population of as of The town is located at the northern base of the Pakaroa Range, and on the south-western fringe of the Hauraki Plains. ...

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Te Aroha Te Aroha ( mi, Te Aroha-a-uta) is a rural town in the Waikato region of New Zealand with a population of 3,906 people in the 2013 census, an increase of 138 people since 2006. It is northeast of Hamilton and south of Thames. It sits at the f ...

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Matamata Matamata () is a town in Waikato, New Zealand. It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits. It is part of the Matamata-Piako District, which takes ...

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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 i ...

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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 recorded ...

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Putāruru Putāruru is a small town in the South Waikato District and the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It lies on the western side of the Mamaku Ranges and in the upper basin of the Waihou River. It is on the Oraka Stream 65 kilometres s ...

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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 the ...

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Katikati Katikati is a town in New Zealand (North Island) located on the Uretara Stream near a tidal inlet towards the northern end of Tauranga Harbour, 28 kilometres south of Waihi and 40 kilometres northwest of Tauranga. State Highway 2 passes through ...

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Te Puke Te Puke is a town located 18 kilometres southeast of Tauranga in the Western Bay of Plenty of New Zealand. It is particularly well-known for the cultivation of Kiwifruit. Te Puke is close to Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, and Maketu, whi ...

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Ngongotahā Ngongotahā is a town on the western shores of Lake Rotorua in New Zealand's North Island. It is 10 kilometers northwest of Rotorua city, and is part of the Rotorua metropolitan area. Its population was as of Its name is derived from a legend ...

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Edgecumbe Edgecumbe is a town in the Bay of Plenty of the North Island of New Zealand, 15 kilometres to the west of Whakatāne and eight kilometres south of the Bay's coast. It is the main service town for the agricultural region surrounding the plains ...

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Ōhope Ōhope, until 1974 known as Ohope Beach, is a beach settlement in the eastern Bay of Plenty, on the northeast coast of the North Island of New Zealand, six kilometres east and over the hill, from Whakatāne. Name The New Zealand Ministry for Cu ...

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Murupara Murupara is a town located in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is situated in an isolated part of the region between the Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera protected area, on the banks of the ...

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Kawerau Kawerau is a town in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated 100 km south-east of Tauranga and 58 km east of Rotorua. It is the seat of the Kawerau District Council, and the only town in Kawerau Distric ...

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Ōpōtiki Ōpōtiki (; from ''Ōpōtiki-Mai-Tawhiti'') is a small town in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand. It houses the headquarters of the Ōpōtiki District Council and comes under the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Ge ...

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Wairoa Wairoa is a town and territorial authority district in New Zealand's North Island. The town is the northernmost in the Hawke's Bay region, and is located on the northern shore of Hawke Bay at the mouth of the Wairoa River and to the west of ...

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Waipawa Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a population of At the 2013 census, it had a population of 1,965, a change of 2.2 percent from the 2006 census. The town is locate ...

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Waipukurau Waipukurau is the largest town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Tukituki River, 7 kilometres south of Waipawa and 50 kilometres southwest of Hastings. H ...

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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 ...

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Ōpunake Ōpunake is a small town on the southwest coast of Taranaki in New Zealand's North Island. It is located 45 kilometres southwest of New Plymouth. Rahotu is 16 km to the northwest. Manaia is 29 km to the southeast. State Highway ...

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Eltham Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of Elt ...

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Hāwera Hāwera is the second-largest centre in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight. The origins of the town lie in a government military base that was established i ...

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Patea Patea ( ) is the third-largest town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand. It is on the western bank of the Pātea River, 61 kilometres north-west of Whanganui on . Hāwera is 27 km to the north-west, and Waverley 17 km to the east ...

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Taumarunui Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kuiti and 55 km west of ...

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Raetihi Raetihi, a small town in the center of New Zealand's North Island, is located at the junction of State Highways 4 and 49 in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. It lies in a valley between Tongariro and Whanganui National Parks, 11 kilometres west ...

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Ohakune Ohakune is a small town at the southern end of Tongariro National Park, close to the southwestern slopes of the active volcano Mount Ruapehu, in the North Island of New Zealand. A rural service town known as New Zealand's Carrot Capital, Ohak ...

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Taihape Taihape is in the Rangitikei District of the North Island of New Zealand. It serves a large rural community. State Highway 1, which runs North to South through the centre of the North Island, passes through the town. History and culture Early ...

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Ashhurst Ashhurst ( mi, Whārite) is a town and outlying suburb of Palmerston North, in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Location Ashhurst is sited 14 kilometres northeast of the Palmerston North city centre. The town s ...

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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 ...

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Foxton Beach Foxton Beach is a small settlement in the Horowhenua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight at the mouth of the Manawatu River, 35 kilometres southwest of Palmerston No ...

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Ōtaki Beach Ōtaki Beach is a small settlement in the Kapiti Coast District of the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight north of the mouth of Ōtaki River, 4.0 kilometres northwest of Ōtaki. A cair ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Martinborough Martinborough ( mi, Wharekaka) is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington region of New Zealand. It is 65 kilometres east of Wellington and 35 kilometres south-west of Masterton. The town has a resident population of The town ...

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Tākaka Tākaka is a small town situated at the southeastern end of Golden Bay, at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island, located on the lower reaches of the Tākaka River. State Highway 60 runs through Takaka and follows the river valley b ...

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Motueka Motueka is a town in the South Island of New Zealand, close to the mouth of the Motueka River on the western shore of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere. It is the second largest in the Tasman Region, with a population of as of The surrounding dis ...

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Rural settlements

North Island

*Ahipara (1,390) *Algies Bay (1,040) *Arapuni (310) *Athenree (3,160) *Ātiamuri (72) *Awanui (405) *Baddeleys Beach-Campbells Beach (100) *Baylys Beach (340) *Benneydale (200) *Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Bethells Beach (Te Henga) (280) *Bombay, New Zealand (740) *Bunnythorpe (720) *Cable Bay, Northland, Cable Bay (890) *Castlepoint (60) *Clevedon, New Zealand (640) *Cooks Beach, Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing (550) *Coopers Beach (660) *Egmont Village (350) *Eketāhuna (530) *Fairview, Bay of Plenty, Fairview (320) *Five Mile Bay - Waitahanui (580) *Frasertown (260) *Glenbrook Beach (320) *Grahams Beach (140) *Hahei (280) *Halcombe (500) *Hamurana (1,080) *Haumoana (1,290) *Wharekahika, Hicks Bay (180) *Hihi, New Zealand, Hihi (190) *Himatangi Beach (530) *Hiwinui (360) *Hokio Beach (200) *Horotiu (690) *Huia (680) *Hunterville (430) *Kaeo (240) *Kaiaua (450) *Kai Iwi (150) *Kaimaumau (160) *Kaingaroa, Bay of Plenty, Kaingaroa (420) *Kaipara Flats (180) *Kaiwaka (830) *Kaponga (320) *Karangahake Gorge, Karangahake (340) *Karapiro, Karapiro Village (330) *Karekare, New Zealand, Karekare (270) *Karikari (530) *Kaukapakapa (960) *Kawakawa Bay (690) *Kawau Island (80) *Kawhia (410) *Kerepehi (560) *Kerikeri Inlet (town), Kerikeri Inlet (480) *Kimbolton, New Zealand, Kimbolton (240) *Kingseat, Auckland, Kingseat (620) *Kinloch, New Zealand, Kinloch (800) *Kohukohu, New Zealand, Kohukohu (180) *Koitiata (130) *Kūaotunu (260) *Kuratau (100) *Lake Okareka (520) *Lake Tarawera (280) *Leigh, New Zealand, Leigh (650) *Lepperton (460) *Longburn (370) *Mahia Beach (200) *Mahurangi West (90) *Maketu (1,330) *Mamaku (900) *Manaia, Taranaki, Manaia (1,000) *Manakau (500) *Mangakino (880) *Mangaore (80) *Mangaweka (90) *Mangawhai (1,150) *Mangōnui (660) *Manutuke (420) *Matakana (540) *Matakawau Point (110) *Matapouri (220) *Matarangi (520) *Matata (710) *Matawai, New Zealand, Matawai (114) *Maungatapere (290) *Maungaturoto (1,000) *Medlands Beach (90) *Meremere (620) *Midhirst, New Zealand (260) *Mokau (120) *Motuoapa (390) *Mourea (420) *National Park, New Zealand (230) *Ngahinapouri (210) *Ngawha Springs (160) *Normanby, Taranaki, Normanby (1,090) *Norsewood (140) *Nūhaka (210) *Oakura-Whangaruru South (170) *Ōhaeawai (450) *Ohakea (370) *Ōhau, Ohau (800) *Ōhaupō (660) *Ohawe (230) *Ohiwa (180) *Ohura (120) *Okaihau (350) *Okato (670) *Okere Falls (410) *Okiato (200) *Okura, New Zealand, Okura (390) *Omaha, New Zealand (800) *Ōmāpere (450) *Omiha (520) *Omori (220) *Onaero Beach (80) *Onemana (170) *Ongaonga, New Zealand, 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, Northland, Pahi (260) *Paparoa (380) *Parau (530) *Paremoremo (530) *Parua Bay (640) *Pataua (200) *Patutahi (350) *Piha (1,060) *Piopio, New Zealand, Piopio (480) *Plummers Point (190) *Pohangina (220) *Point Wells (560) *Pongaroa (90) *Porangahau (160) *Port Albert (130) *Port Waikato (560) *Puhoi, New Zealand, Puhoi (390) *Pukehina Beach (860) *Maunu, New Zealand, Pukenui (750) *Puriri, New Zealand, Puriri (250) *Rangataua (140) *Rangitane (380) *Ratana (370) *Raurimu (70) *Rawene (530) *Rings Beach (130) *Rongotea (690) *Rotoiti, Bay of Plenty, Rotoiti (540) *Rotoma (270) *Ruatoria (820) *Ruawai (500) *Rukuhia (170) *Russell, New Zealand, Russell (800) *Sandspit, New Zealand (550) *Sanson, New Zealand (630) *Scotts Landing-Mahurangi East (180) *Shelly Beach, New Zealand (260) *Stillwater, Auckland, Stillwater (1,040) *Taharoa (180) *Taipa, Northland, Taipa (180) *Takapau (640) *Taneatua (980) *Tangimoana (310) *Tanners Point (210) *Tapu, New Zealand, Tapu (260) *Taupiri (530) *Te Araroa (160) *Te Awanga (840) *Te Hana (110) *Te Horo Beach (360) *Te Kaha (340) *Te Karaka (550) *Te Kopuru (530) *Te Kowhai (520) *Te Puna West (440) *Te Puru (580) *Te Teko (480) *Thornton Bay-Ngarimu Bay (330) *Tikitere (750) *Tikokino (210) *Ti Point (140) *Tīrau (860) *Tokerau Beach (260) *Tokomaru, New Zealand, Tokomaru (590) *Tokomaru Bay (470) *Tolaga Bay (890) *Tryphena, New Zealand, Tryphena (210) *Tuai (230) *Turua (400) *Tutukaka (790) *Urenui (430) *Waharoa (680) *Waiau Pa (480) *Waihou (330) *Waiinu Beach (80) *Waikawa Beach (150) *Waikino (320) *Waimarama (240) *Waiomu (370) *Waiouru (790) *Waipapa (190) *Waipu Cove-Langs Beach (310) *Wairakei Village (550) *Waitangi, Northland (50) *Waitarere Beach (750) *Waitoa (300) *Waitotara (70) *Waiwera (250) *Waverley, Taranaki, Waverley (830) *Whakamaru (170) *Whakatu, Hawke's Bay, Whakatu (680) *Whangapoua (90) *Whangarei Heads (1,060) *Whangaroa (150) *Whangateau (130) *Whatawhata (320) *Whirinaki, Hawke's Bay, Whirinaki (430) *Whiritoa (250)

South Island

*Ahaura (100) *Akaroa (800) *Allanton, New Zealand, Allanton (310) *Amberley Beach (180) *Anakiwa (180) *Aramoana (120) *Arthur's Pass (50) *Ashley, New Zealand, Ashley (420) *Balfour, New Zealand, Balfour (120) *Bannockburn, New Zealand, Bannockburn (580) *Benhar, New Zealand, Benhar (90) *Birdlings Flat, Birdling's Flat (210) *Blackball, New Zealand, Blackball (290) *Burnham Military Camp, Burnham (1,290) *Carters Beach (340) *Castle Hill, New Zealand, Castle Hill (30) *Cave, New Zealand, Cave (80) *Cheviot, New Zealand, Cheviot (360) *Clinton, New Zealand, Clinton (300) *Coalgate, New Zealand, Coalgate (370) *Collingwood, New Zealand, Collingwood (300) *Culverden (370) *Cust, New Zealand, Cust (410) *Dobson, New Zealand, Dobson (590) *Doyleston (340) *Dunsandel (460) *Duntroon, New Zealand, Duntroon (100) *Duvauchelle (170) *Edendale, New Zealand, Edendale (600) *Ettrick, New Zealand, Ettrick (180) *Fairlie, New Zealand, Fairlie (910) *Fox Glacier (town), Fox Glacier (260) *Franz Josef / Waiau, Franz Josef (530) *Glenavy, New Zealand, Glenavy (210) *Glenorchy, New Zealand, Glenorchy (380) *Glentunnel (180) *Governors Bay (940) *Granity (160) *Grovetown, New Zealand, Grovetown (380) *Haast, New Zealand, Haast (90) *Hampden, New Zealand, Hampden (350) *Hanmer Springs (1,100) *Hari Hari, Harihari (260) *Harwood, New Zealand, Harwood (240) *Havelock, New Zealand, Havelock (630) *Hawarden, New Zealand, Hawarden (250) *Hawea Flat (630) *Herbert, New Zealand, Herbert (100) *Hinds, New Zealand, Hinds (310) *Hororata (220) *Jack's Point (1,540) *Kaitangata, New Zealand, Kaitangata (760) *Kaiteriteri (390) *Kakanui (430) *Kaka Point (230) *Kaniere (300) *Karamea (380) *Karitane (420) *Kennington, New Zealand, Kennington (120) *Kingston, New Zealand, Kingston (360) *Kirwee (1,040) *Kumara, New Zealand, Kumara (290) *Kurow (380) *Lake Hood (420) *Lake Roxburgh Village (80) *Lawrence, New Zealand, Lawrence (460) *Leithfield (600) *Leithfield Beach (410) *Ligar Bay (130) *Little River, New Zealand, Little River (290) *Luggate (600) *Lumsden, New Zealand, Lumsden (530) *Maheno, New Zealand, Maheno (130) *Makikihi (90) *Malvern Hills-Whitecliffs (190) *Manapouri (240) *Mārahau, Marahau (250) *Marlborough Ridge (230) *Middlemarch, New Zealand, Middlemarch (160) *Milford Huts (90) *Millbrook, New Zealand, Millbrook (140) *Millers Flat (90) *Moana, New Zealand, Moana (70) *Moeraki (120) *Mossburn (180) *Mount Somers (160) *Mount Cook Village (230) *Murchison, New Zealand, Murchison (500) *Naseby, New Zealand, Naseby (130) *Hector and Ngakawau, Ngakawau-Hector (190) *Ngakuta Bay (60) *Nightcaps, New Zealand, Nightcaps (310) *Ohai (270) *Ōkiwi Bay, Okiwi Bay (70) *Omakau (370) *Omarama (310) *Orari, New Zealand, Orari (170) *Otakou-Harington Point (200) *Otautau (790) *Otematata (200) *Outram, New Zealand, Outram (790) *Owaka (320) *Palmerston, New Zealand, Palmerston (1,000) *Parapara, Tasman, Parapara (100) *Pareora (490) *Pisa Moorings (750) *Pōhara, Pohara (550) *Pounawea (50) *Pūrākaunui, Purakaunui (230) *Purau (70) *Rai Valley (190) *Ranfurly, New Zealand, Ranfurly (740) *Rārangi, Rarangi (690) *Riversdale, New Zealand, Riversdale (420) *Riwaka (810) *Ross, New Zealand, Ross (280) *Rotherham, New Zealand, Rotherham (150) *Roxburgh, New Zealand, Roxburgh (600) *Ruby Bay (750) *Seddon, New Zealand, Seddon (580) *Sefton, New Zealand, Sefton (220) *Selwyn Huts (100) *Sheffield, New Zealand, Sheffield and Waddington, New Zealand, Waddington (350) *Southbridge, New Zealand, Southbridge (960) *Spencerville, New Zealand, Spencerville (520) *Spring Creek, New Zealand, Spring Creek (610) *Springfield, New Zealand, Springfield (360) *Springston (560) *Saint Andrews, Canterbury, St Andrews (200) *Saint Arnaud, New Zealand, St Arnaud (130) *Stirling, New Zealand, Stirling (340) *Taieri Mouth (280) *Tai Tapu (620) *Takamatua (110) *Tapanui (800) *Tapawera (350) *Tasman, New Zealand, Tasman (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

(): from Hikurangi to Portland. *

() 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 *

(): 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

to Flaxmere, includes Te Awanga, Haumoana, Pakowhai and Pakipaki *

(): Oakura to Bell Block *Whanganui, Wanganui (): Westmere to Marybank *

(): Including Longburn, Kairanga and Stony Creek, but excluding Ashhurst and rural areas in the Tararua foothills *Kapiti Coast, Kapiti (): Pekapeka to Paekākāriki *

() is divided into four urban zones: **

(): 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

but excludes Whangamoa * Blenheim (): From Renwick to Riverlands and south to Wither Hills *

(): Christchurch City,

, and up to the Waimakariri River, Prebbleton, Tai Tapu and Lyttelton Harbour including Diamond Harbour *

(): from

and Brighton, New Zealand, Brighton to Pine Hill, New Zealand, Pine Hill, Ravensbourne, New Zealand, Ravensbourne to Aramoana *

(): 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

(): From Paerata to Tuakau. Excludes Bombay. *

(): From Coastlands to

and south to Poroporo. *

(): From Tokoroa to Kinleith. *

(): From Wairakei to Taupō Airport. *

(): From Normanby to Mokoia. *

(): From Halcombe to Aorangi. *Levin, New Zealand, Levin (): From Waitarere Beach to Ohau. *

(): From Opaki to Waingawa.

South Island

(): From Runanga to Southbeach and Camerons. *

(): From the Ashley River to Flaxton *Ashburton, New Zealand, Ashburton (): From Fairton to Winslow and Argyle Park. *

(): From Washdyke to Scarborough and west to Gleniti. *Queenstown, New Zealand, Queenstown (): From Fernhill and Kelvin Heights to Frankton *

(): From Pukeuri to Weston, New Zealand, Weston and Holmes Hill.

Minor urban areas

North Island

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

() *

() * Kawakawa () *

() *

() * Warkworth () *

() *

() *Waiheke Island () *

() *

() * Raglan () * Otorohanga () *Te Kuiti () *

() *

() *Tūrangi () *Waihi Beach () *Katikati, Katikati Community () *Te Puke, Te Puke Community () *

() *

() * Waitara () * Inglewood () * Stratford () *

() *

() *Waiouru () *

() * Marton () * Bulls () *

() * Woodville () *

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

() *

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South Island

() *

() * Māpua () *

() *

() * Picton () * Westport () *

() *

() *Oxford, New Zealand, Oxford () *Woodend, New Zealand, Woodend () *Darfield, New Zealand, Darfield () *Rolleston, New Zealand, Rolleston () *Lincoln, New Zealand, Lincoln () *Leeston () *Methven, New Zealand, Methven () *Rakaia () *Geraldine, New Zealand, Geraldine () *Temuka () *Pleasant Point, New Zealand, Pleasant Point () *Twizel, Twizel Community () *Waimate () *Wānaka () *Arrowtown () *Cromwell, New Zealand, Cromwell () *Alexandra, New Zealand, Alexandra () *Waikouaiti () *Milton, New Zealand, Milton () *Balclutha, New Zealand, Balclutha () *Te Anau () *Gore, New Zealand, Gore () *Winton, New Zealand, Winton () *Riverton, New Zealand, Riverton () *Bluff, New Zealand, 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 *Russell, New Zealand, Russell, Mangakino, Manaia, Taranaki, 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