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New Zealand

Cities of New Zealand

Cities listed

47

Auckland

largest city

Wellington

capital

5.32M

national population

47 of 47 listed cities

Cities listed

47

15,000 or more people

Largest city

Auckland

1,547,200 people

Capital

Wellington

National capital

National population

5,324,700

Largest city is 29.1%

Cities in New Zealand

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47 cities


1	Auckland	Auckland	1,547,200	29.1%
2	Christchurch	Canterbury	419,200	7.9%
3	Wellington	Wellington Region	381,900	7.2%
4	Manukau City	Auckland	362,000	6.8%
5	Hamilton	Waikato Region	192,100	3.6%
6	Tauranga	Bay of Plenty	161,000	3%
7	Dunedin	Otago	132,800	2.5%
8	Lower Hutt	Wellington Region	114,200	2.1%
9	Palmerston North	Manawatu-Wanganui	90,500	1.7%
10	New Plymouth	Taranaki Region	90,100	1.7%
11	Hastings	Hawke's Bay Region	88,300	1.7%
12	Napier	Hawke's Bay Region	66,400	1.2%
13	Rotorua	Bay of Plenty	65,901	1.2%
14	Porirua	Wellington Region	61,500	1.2%
15	Invercargill	Southland	58,000	1.1%
16	Papatoetoe	Auckland	56,010	1.1%
17	Nelson	Nelson Region	54,400	1%
18	Whangarei	Northland	50,900	1%
19	Whanganui	Manawatu-Wanganui	49,200	0.9%
20	Upper Hutt	Wellington Region	47,400	0.9%
21	Manurewa	Auckland	40,820	0.8%
22	Gisborne	Gisborne	38,100	0.7%
23	Papakura	Auckland	37,720	0.7%
24	Rolleston	Canterbury	34,100	0.6%
25	Paraparaumu	Wellington Region	29,900	0.6%
26	Blenheim	Marlborough	29,800	0.6%
27	Timaru	Canterbury	29,300	0.6%
28	Masterton	Wellington Region	28,900	0.5%
29	Remuera	Auckland	27,810	0.5%
30	Taupo	Waikato Region	27,000	0.5%
31	Avondale	Auckland	26,450	0.5%
32	Otara	Auckland	24,420	0.5%
33	New Lynn	Auckland	23,800	0.4%
34	Mangere	Auckland	23,310	0.4%
35	Ashburton	Canterbury	21,600	0.4%
36	Pukekohe East	Auckland	21,438	0.4%
37	Wainuiomata	Wellington Region	20,450	0.4%
38	Stoke	Nelson Region	20,260	0.4%
39	Richmond	Tasman District	19,950	0.4%
40	Levin	Manawatu-Wanganui	19,789	0.4%
41	Rangiora	Canterbury	19,300	0.4%
42	Whakatane	Bay of Plenty	18,602	0.3%
43	Otahuhu	Auckland	17,780	0.3%
44	Takanini	Auckland	17,060	0.3%
45	Mount Eden	Auckland	15,650	0.3%
46	Karori	Wellington Region	15,380	0.3%
47	Cambridge	Waikato Region	15,192	0.3%

Every City in New Zealand, by Region

15 regions. 3 have their own page; the rest are listed here in full.

Auckland14 cities

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Auckland 1,547,200
Manukau City 362,000
Papatoetoe 56,010
Manurewa 40,820
Papakura 37,720
Remuera 27,810
Avondale 26,450
Otara 24,420
New Lynn 23,800
Mangere 23,310
Pukekohe East 21,438
Otahuhu 17,780
Takanini 17,060
Mount Eden 15,650

Wellington Region8 cities

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Wellington 381,900
Lower Hutt 114,200
Porirua 61,500
Upper Hutt 47,400
Paraparaumu 29,900
Masterton 28,900
Wainuiomata 20,450
Karori 15,380

Canterbury5 cities

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Christchurch 419,200
Rolleston 34,100
Timaru 29,300
Ashburton 21,600
Rangiora 19,300

Bay of Plenty3 cities

Tauranga 161,000
Rotorua 65,901
Whakatane 18,602

Manawatu-Wanganui3 cities

Palmerston North 90,500
Whanganui 49,200
Levin 19,789

Waikato Region3 cities

Hamilton 192,100
Taupo 27,000
Cambridge 15,192

Hawke's Bay Region2 cities

Hastings 88,300
Napier 66,400

Nelson Region2 cities

Nelson 54,400
Stoke 20,260

Gisborne1 city

Gisborne 38,100

Marlborough1 city

Blenheim 29,800

Northland1 city

Whangarei 50,900

Otago1 city

Dunedin 132,800

Southland1 city

Invercargill 58,000

Taranaki Region1 city

New Plymouth 90,100

Tasman District1 city

Richmond 19,950

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