Territorial authorities of New Zealand
List of territorial authorities
¹ A suburb of Tauranga City ² Percentages are of land area. Population as of June 2018 Total of Christchurch City and Banks Peninsula areas Includes Stewart Island/Rakiura and Solander Islands.

Territorial authorities of New Zealand

Section Title: List of territorial authorities
Table Section Text: ¹ A suburb of Tauranga City ² Percentages are of land area. Population as of June 2018 Total of Christchurch City and Banks Peninsula areas Includes Stewart Island/Rakiura and Solander Islands.

Name	Seat	Area (km2)	Population	Rank (population)	Density (/km2)	Region(s)2	Island

Far North District	Kaikohe	6,677	64,400	14	9.65	Northland	North

Whangarei District	Whangarei	2,712	91,400	8	33.70	Northland	North

Kaipara District	Dargaville	3,109	23,200	42	7.46	Northland	North

Auckland	Auckland	4,940	1,695,900	1	343.30	unitary authority	North

Thames-Coromandel District	Thames	2,207	29,700	38	13.46	Waikato	North

Hauraki District	Paeroa	1,270	19,950	45	15.71	Waikato	North

Waikato District	Ngaruawahia	4,403	75,300	12	17.10	Waikato	North

Matamata-Piako District	Te Aroha	1,755	35,200	33	20.06	Waikato	North

Hamilton City	Hamilton	110	169,300	4	1,539.09	Waikato	North

Waipa District	Te Awamutu	1,470	54,000	20	36.73	Waikato	North

Otorohanga District	Otorohanga	1,999	10,250	55	5.13	Waikato	North

South Waikato District	Tokoroa	1,819	24,400	41	13.41	Waikato	North

Waitomo District	Te Kuiti	3,535	9,640	57	2.73	Waikato (94.87%) Manawatu-Wanganui (5.13%)	North

Taupo District	Taupo	6,333	37,200	31	5.87	Waikato (73.74%) Bay of Plenty (14.31%) Hawke's Bay (11.26%) Manawatu-Wanganui (0.69%)	North

Western Bay of Plenty District	Greerton1	1,951	50,100	24	25.68	Bay of Plenty	North

Tauranga City	Tauranga	135	135,000	5	978.26	Bay of Plenty	North

Rotorua District	Rotorua	2,409	72,500	13	30.10	Bay of Plenty (61.52%) Waikato (38.48%)	North

Whakatane District	Whakatane	4,450	35,700	32	8.02	Bay of Plenty	North

Kawerau District	Kawerau	24	7,080	64	295.00	Bay of Plenty	North

Opotiki District	Opotiki	3,089	9,100	60	2.95	Bay of Plenty	North

Gisborne District	Gisborne	8,386	49,100	25	5.85	unitary authority	North

Wairoa District	Wairoa	4,077	8,230	62	2.02	Hawke's Bay	North

Hastings District	Hastings	5,227	80,600	11	15.42	Hawke's Bay	North

Napier City	Napier	105	62,800	15	598.10	Hawke's Bay	North

Central Hawke's Bay District	Waipawa	3,332	14,150	49	4.25	Hawke's Bay	North

New Plymouth District	New Plymouth	2,205	81,900	10	37.14	Taranaki	North

Stratford District	Stratford	2,163	9,510	58	4.40	Taranaki (68.13%) Manawatu-Wanganui (31.87%)	North

South Taranaki District	Hawera	3,575	28,300	39	7.92	Taranaki	North

Ruapehu District	Taumarunui	6,734	12,750	52	1.89	Manawatu-Wanganui	North

Whanganui District	Whanganui	2,373	45,200	28	19.05	Manawatu-Wanganui	North

Rangitikei District	Marton	4,484	15,150	48	3.38	Manawatu-Wanganui (86.37%) Hawke's Bay (13.63%)	North

Manawatu District	Feilding	2,657	30,800	37	11.59	Manawatu-Wanganui	North

Palmerston North City	Palmerston North	395	88,700	9	224.56	Manawatu-Wanganui	North

Tararua District	Dannevirke	4,364	17,900	46	4.10	Manawatu-Wanganui (98.42%) Wellington (1.58%)	North

Horowhenua District	Levin	1,064	33,000	35	31.02	Manawatu-Wanganui	North

Kapiti Coast District	Paraparaumu	731	53,200	21	72.78	Wellington	North

Porirua City	Porirua	175	56,800	18	324.57	Wellington	North

Upper Hutt City	Upper Hutt	540	43,700	29	80.93	Wellington	North

Lower Hutt City	Lower Hutt	376	105,900	7	281.65	Wellington	North

Wellington City	Wellington	290	216,300	3	745.86	Wellington	North

Masterton District	Masterton	2,300	25,700	40	11.17	Wellington	North

Carterton District	Carterton	1,180	9,340	59	7.92	Wellington	North

South Wairarapa District	Martinborough	2,387	10,450	54	4.38	Wellington	North

Tasman District	Richmond	9,616	52,100	22	5.42	unitary authority	South

Nelson City	Nelson	424	51,900	23	122.41	unitary authority	South

Marlborough District	Blenheim	10,458	46,600	27	4.46	unitary authority	South

Buller District	Westport	7,942	10,150	56	1.28	West Coast	South

Grey District	Greymouth	3,474	13,550	50	3.90	West Coast	South

Westland District	Hokitika	11,828	8,890	61	0.75	West Coast	South

Kaikoura District	Kaikoura	2,047	3,830	66	1.87	Canterbury	South

Hurunui District	Amberley	8,641	12,850	51	1.49	Canterbury	South

Waimakariri District	Rangiora	2,217	60,700	17	27.38	Canterbury	South

Christchurch City	Christchurch	1,415	388,400	2	274.49	Canterbury	South

Selwyn District	Rolleston	6,381	62,200	16	9.75	Canterbury	South

Ashburton District	Ashburton	6,183	34,500	34	5.58	Canterbury	South

Timaru District	Timaru	2,733	47,300	26	17.31	Canterbury	South

Mackenzie District	Fairlie	7,140	4,670	65	0.65	Canterbury	South

Waimate District	Waimate	3,554	7,930	63	2.23	Canterbury	South

Chatham Islands Territory	Waitangi	794	650	67	0.82	unitary authority	South

Waitaki District	Oamaru	7,109	22,300	43	3.14	Canterbury (59.61%) Otago (40.39%)	South

Central Otago District	Alexandra	9,956	21,000	44	2.11	Otago	South

Queenstown-Lakes District	Queenstown	8,719	39,100	30	4.48	Otago	South

Dunedin City	Dunedin	3,287	130,700	6	39.76	Otago	South

Clutha District	Balclutha	6,334	17,700	47	2.79	Otago	South

Southland District	Invercargill	29,552	31,400	36	1.06	Southland	South

Gore District	Gore	1,254	12,500	53	9.97	Southland	South

Invercargill City	Invercargill	389	55,200	19	141.90	Southland	South

Sentence(s)

Nelson City and Tasman and Marlborough districts became unitary authorities.

final_sentence: Nelson City and Tasman and Marlborough districts became unitary authorities.