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25 largest cities in New Zealand

25 cities, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The cities

  1. 1Auckland1.5 M
  2. 2Wellington410 k
  3. 3Christchurch394 k
  4. 4Hamilton177 k
  5. 5Tauranga151 k
  6. 6Lower Hutt111 k
  7. 7Dunedin106 k
  8. 8Palmerston North82 k
  9. 9Napier66 k
  10. 10Porirua60 k
  11. 11Rotorua59 k
  12. 12New Plymouth58 k
  13. 13Whangārei54 k
  14. 14Nelson51 k
  15. 15Invercargill50 k
  16. 16Hastings49 k
  17. 17Upper Hutt44 k
  18. 18Whanganui42 k
  19. 19Gisborne37 k
  20. 20Paraparaumu30 k
  21. 21Timaru29 k
  22. 22Blenheim28 k
  23. 23Taupō25 k
  24. 24Rolleston22 k
  25. 25Pukekohe East21 k

Population of the metro area: the city and the places continuously built up around it, as Thomas Brinkhoff’s Major Agglomerations of the World (citypopulation.de) counts them from censuses projected to 1 January 2026, the list most rankings use. It covers every agglomeration of 1 million or more; below that, a city ranks by its agglomeration in the United Nations’ World Urbanization Prospects 2018 (every one of 300,000 or more, from national censuses), and a smaller city by its city-proper figure. A city inside another city’s metro area (Giza in Cairo’s, Pretoria in Johannesburg’s) is not ranked on its own. Sources: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), GHSL UCDB R2024A (CC BY 4.0), Thomas Brinkhoff: Major Agglomerations of the World, citypopulation.de, United Nations, DESA, Population Division: World Urbanization Prospects 2018 (CC BY 3.0 IGO), Wikidata names (CC0).

On the map

Map of 25 largest cities in New Zealand, 25 cities: each one marked on the globe

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