This article lists populated places in New Zealand.
List of 150 largest urban areas This is a list of urban areas of New Zealand—as defined by Statistics New Zealand—ranked by population. The 150 largest urban areas are listed. Urban areas are defined by the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18).
The table's default order is by population.
#NameRegionPopulationGrowth est.2023 census2018 census2023 – 2018–2023 1 AucklandAuckland 1,402,275 1,345,833 2 ChristchurchCanterbury 380,079 358,068 3 WellingtonWellington 201,708 201,792 4 HamiltonWaikato 174,741 160,911 5 TaurangaBay of Plenty 152,790 137,130 6 Lower HuttWellington 106,530 103,545 7 DunedinOtago 100,908 99,885 8 Palmerston NorthManawatū-Whanganui 78,021 76,281 9 Hibiscus CoastAuckland 63,351 53,730 10 NapierHawke's Bay 64,695 62,241 11 New PlymouthTaranaki 58,047 54,279 12 PoriruaWellington 58,080 55,218 13 RotoruaBay of Plenty 55,326 54,186 14 WhangāreiNorthland 53,841 51,894 15 InvercargillSouthland 48,98747,844 16 NelsonNelson 49,22448,129 17 HastingsHawke's Bay 47,68245,075 18 Upper HuttWellington 42,90341,301 19 WhanganuiManawatū-Whanganui 41,48139,777 20 GisborneGisborne 36,91234,644 21 RollestonCanterbury 28,44917,541 22 ParaparaumuWellington 28,93828,701 23 BlenheimMarlborough 28,78827,648 24 TimaruCanterbury 28,09527,501 25 QueenstownOtago 25,05020,346 26 PukekoheAuckland 27,04223,841 27 TaupōWaikato 25,37423,622 28 CambridgeWaikato 21,36618,681 29 MastertonWellington 21,60619,917 30 AshburtonCanterbury 20,34619,356 31 LevinManawatū-Whanganui 19,53317,775 32 RichmondTasman 18,44715,378 33 RangioraCanterbury 18,85517,898 34 FeildingManawatū-Whanganui 16,92915,990 35 WhakatāneBay of Plenty 16,41915,795 36 MosgielOtago 14,58913,656 37 Havelock NorthHawke's Bay 15,00314,391 38 TokoroaWaikato 14,00113,572 39 OamaruOtago 13,68013,065 40 Te AwamutuWaikato 13,38012,543 41 KaiapoiCanterbury 13,01711,853 42 WaikanaeWellington 12,96612,099 43 WānakaOtago 11,9229,555 44 LincolnCanterbury 10,6116,522 45 HāweraTaranaki 10,3659,792 46 Te PukeBay of Plenty 9,1148,631 47 WaiukuAuckland 9,531 9,273 48 MorrinsvilleWaikato 9,003 7,893 49 MatamataWaikato 9,132 8,043 50 GreymouthWest Coast 8,337 7,965 51 NgāruawāhiaWaikato 7,9926,987 52 HuntlyWaikato 8,232 7,947 53 KerikeriNorthland 8,0707,185 54 Beachlands-Pine HarbourAuckland 7,7976,261 55 GoreSouthland 8,1817,908 56 MotuekaTasman 8,1907,998 57 Kumeū-HuapaiAuckland 6,9483,480 58 Waiheke IslandAuckland 7,9987,959 59 WaitaraTaranaki 7,5097,005 60 KawerauBay of Plenty 7,5397,146 61 CromwellOtago 6,7835,610 62 PōkenoWaikato 6,0812,619 63 ThamesWaikato 7,2127,344 64 WarkworthAuckland 6,6755,586 65 StratfordTaranaki 6,3305,886 66 KaitaiaNorthland 5,9555,868 67 WhitiangaWaikato 6,0545,493 68 TuakauWaikato 5,7365,103 69 KatikatiBay of Plenty 5,5805,136 70 CartertonWellington 5,8595,343 71 AlexandraOtago 5,5895,475 72 WaihiWaikato 5,6825,409 73 ŌmokoroaBay of Plenty 5,4513,288 74 PrebbletonCanterbury 5,3824,518 75 MartonManawatū-Whanganui 5,5985,229 76 DannevirkeManawatū-Whanganui 5,5805,505 77 WoodendCanterbury 4,5422,829 78 NgongotahāBay of Plenty 5,1244,869 79 ŌtakiWellington 5,0254,608 80 DargavilleNorthland 5,0164,827 81 TaumarunuiManawatū-Whanganui 4,8214,710 82 ŌpōtikiBay of Plenty 4,8394,791 83= PictonMarlborough 4,8124,587 83= Te KūitiWaikato 4,6594,572 85 TemukaCanterbury 4,5934,467 86 WaipukurauHawke's Bay 4,6984,416 87 Te ArohaWaikato 4,6504,551 88= KaikoheNorthland 4,5634,455 88= WairoaHawke's Bay 4,7074,527 90= PaeroaWaikato 4,4584,269 90= WestportWest Coast 4,5274,392 92 PutāruruWaikato 4,4554,314 93 BalcluthaOtago 4,3474,110 94 PegasusCanterbury 3,9152,637 95 WhangamatāWaikato 4,2694,074 96 InglewoodTaranaki 3,8013,555 97 TūrangiWaikato 3,7923,444 98 RaglanWaikato 3,7173,327 99 RiverheadAuckland 3,5582,724 100 KihikihiWaikato 3,4562,754 101 Te Kauwhata Waikato 3,3032,118 102 Snells BeachAuckland 3,6783,405 103 WaimateCanterbury 3,5913,456 104 DarfieldCanterbury 3,2492,784 105 HelensvilleAuckland 3,2792,820 106 FoxtonManawatū-Whanganui 3,3843,141 107 HokitikaWest Coast 3,2673,096 108= AshhurstManawatū-Whanganui 3,2372,934 108= One Tree PointNorthland 2,9882,217 110 ŌtorohangaWaikato 3,1803,027 111 LytteltonCanterbury 3,1232,982 112= GeraldineCanterbury 3,0182,883 112= ŌhopeBay of Plenty 3,0333,177 114 Te AnauSouthland 2,7512,574 115 RuakākāNorthland 2,817 2,586 116=AmberleyCanterbury2,5202,070116=FeatherstonWellington 2,793 2,487 118 ArrowtownOtago 2,838 2,853 119 GreytownWellington 2,772 2,466 120PahiatuaManawatū-Whanganui2,8382,682 121 Mangawhai HeadsNorthland 2,685 1,995 122 WakefieldTasman 2,6942,448 123 West MeltonCanterbury 2,4091,971 124 MaraetaiAuckland 2,553 2,346 125 Waihi Beach-BowentownBay of Plenty 2,550 2,484 126 WintonSouthland 2,4752,337 127Lake HāweaOtago 2,0011,200 128= LeestonCanterbury 2,2712,208 128= RenwickMarlborough 2,4482,418 130 WaipawaHawke's Bay 2,3342,085 131 KaikōuraCanterbury 2,3162,223 132 BrightwaterTasman 2,2802,133 133 OxfordCanterbury 2,2352,214 134 Ōtaki BeachWellington 2,1451,818 135 Foxton BeachManawatū-Whanganui 2,1301,884 136MethvenCanterbury 1,9771,779 137=ElthamTaranaki 2,0971,947 137= MiltonOtago 2,1212,157 139= BullsManawatū-Whanganui 2,0551,935 139= WellsfordAuckland 2,0371,974 141 CliveHawke's Bay 1,9921,887 142MoerewaNorthland 1,8451,737 143MuruparaBay of Plenty 1,8841,815 144MartinboroughWellington 1,8751,824 145EdgecumbeBay of Plenty1,8001,644 146BluffSouthland 1,7971,797 147TwizelCanterbury 1,6741,515 148=CoromandelWaikato 1,7821,743 148=ŌakuraTaranaki1,7641,539 150PaekākārikiWellington 1,6741,746
List of towns Towns are not legally defined in New Zealand since the 1989 local government reforms; however, historically town districts and county towns were legally defined and recognised. This list includes both legal entities such as town districts and settlements commonly referred to as towns.
List of town districts Town districts existed within counties and were either independent or dependent. Independent town districts required 500 residents, a density over more than one person per acre and not exceed an area of two square miles.
Ellerslie (1908–1938) Henderson (1922–1946) Howick (1922–1952) Kohukohu Manurewa (1915–1937) New Lynn (1910–1929) Mercer (1914–1962) Warkworth (1908–1954)
List of county towns County towns had county town committees that were appointed by the county council and served in an advisory role on matters related to the town. County towns did not have independent governance.
Beachlands (1954) Bucklands and Eastern Beaches (1954) Glenfield (1961) Green Bay (1958) Kelston West (1959) Leigh (1954) Mangere Bridge (1954) Mangere East (1955) Maraetai (1962) Orewa (1962) Otara (1964) Pakuranga (1956) Titirangi (1958) Wellsford (1953)
List of town councils Warkworth (1954–1976)
Places with 'township' as part of name Howick Township Panmure Township Township of Onehunga
See also Cities in New Zealand
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