Regions in New Zealand
Please click on a region name for more information on this region.
You can sort the regions in New Zealand alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in New Zealand
There are 17 regions in New Zealand in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Auckland Auckland | 1. | 1,695,200 | Auckland Auckland | 417,910 |
Wellington Wellington | 2. | 543,500 | Wellington Wellington | 381,900 |
Canterbury Canterbury | 3. | 655,000 | Christchurch Christchurch | 363,926 |
Waikato Waikato | 4. | 513,800 | Hamilton Hamilton | 178,500 |
Otago Otago | 5. | 246,000 | Dunedin Dunedin | 133,300 |
Manawatu-Wanganui Manawatu-Wanganui | 6. | 258,200 | Palmerston North Palmerston North | 90,500 |
Taranaki Taranaki | 7. | 127,300 | New Plymouth New Plymouth | 87,300 |
Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay | 8. | 182,700 | Napier Napier | 66,700 |
Southland Southland | 9. | 102,400 | Invercargill Invercargill | 57,000 |
Nelson Nelson | 10. | 54,500 | Nelson Nelson | 54,700 |
Northland Northland | 11. | 201,500 | Whangarei Whangarei | 50,900 |
Gisborne Gisborne | 12. | 52,100 | Gisborne Gisborne | 37,300 |
Marlborough Marlborough | 13. | 51,900 | Blenheim Blenheim | 28,800 |
Bay of Plenty Bay of Plenty | 14. | 347,700 | Whakatane Whakatane | 18,602 |
Tasman Tasman | 15. | 58,700 | Richmond Richmond | 18,000 |
West Coast West Coast | 16. | 32,700 | Greymouth Greymouth | 9,419 |
Chatham Islands Chatham Islands | 17. | 609 | Waitangi Waitangi | 300 |