List of New Zealand urban areas by population

The most populous urban area in the country, Auckland has an urban population of around It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of.

This article lists urban areas of New Zealand (as defined by Statistics New Zealand) ranked by population.

The population figures shown are Statistics New Zealand's resident population estimates at the For rankings in various criteria see the ranked list of New Zealand urban areas.

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara ) is the capital and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

Tauranga City is the centre of the fifth largest urban area in New Zealand, with an urban population of

Palmerston North is the country's seventh-largest city and eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of The official limits of the city take in rural areas to the south, north-east, north-west and west of the main urban area, extending to the Tararua Ranges; including the town of Ashhurst at the mouth of the Manawatu Gorge, the villages of Bunnythorpe and Longburn in the north and west respectively.

When combined with the town of Richmond, which has roughly 15,000 residents, the whole conurbation is ranked as New Zealand's 9th largest urban area by population.

Rotorua has an estimated permanent population of, making it the country's 10th largest urban area, and the Bay of Plenty's second largest urban area behind Tauranga.

It is the sixth most populous urban area in the country, with residents, just slightly fewer than Tauranga and more than Dunedin.

It has an urban population of making it the 27th-largest urban area in New Zealand.

It is the 20th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the second-largest in the Waikato Region (behind Hamilton).

The town is the 23rd largest urban area in New Zealand and the third-largest urban area in the Canterbury Region, after Christchurch and Timaru.

The town has a population of making it the 22nd largest urban area in New Zealand, and third largest in Manawatu-Wanganui behind Palmerston North and Whanganui.

With a population of, Oamaru is the 28th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the third largest in Otago behind Dunedin and Queenstown.

With a population of Rangiora is the 25th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the fourth-largest in the Canterbury region (behind Christchurch, Timaru and Ashburton).

The town has a population of making it New Zealand's 27th largest urban area.

The town has a population of, making it the 47th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the fourth largest in Taranaki (behind New Plymouth, Hawera and Waitara).

Wanaka is home to people as of It is the country's 36th-largest urban area and the fourth-largest urban area in Otago behind Dunedin, Queenstown and Oamaru.

This article lists urban areas of New Zealand (as defined by Statistics New Zealand) ranked by population.