Regions of New Zealand

New Zealand is divided into 16 **regions** () for local government purposes.

## List of regions

|bgcolor="#efefef" width="3%"||align="left" bgcolor="#f2f2f4"|Name <small>(name in Māori if different)</small>|align="left" bgcolor="#f2f2f4"|Regional council|align="left" bgcolor="#f2f2f4"|Seats|align="left" bgcolor="#f2f2f4"|Council seat|align="left" bgcolor="#f2f2f4"|Island|align="right" bgcolor="#f2f2f4"|Land area (km<sup>2</sup>)|align="right" bgcolor="#f2f2f4"|Population|Density (pop./km<sup>2</sup>)|align="right" bgcolor="#f2f2f4"|ISO 3166-2 Code|
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|align="center"|1|**Northland**|Northland Regional Council|9|Whangārei|North|align="right"|12,504|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-NTL`|||||
|align="center"|2|**Auckland**<sup>(1)</sup>|Auckland Council|21|Auckland|North|align="right"|4,941|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-AUK`|||||
|align="center"|3|**Waikato**|Waikato Regional Council|14|Hamilton|North|align="right"|23,900|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-WKO`|||||
|align="center"|4|**Bay of Plenty**|Bay of Plenty Regional Council|14|Whakatāne|North|align="right"|12,072|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-BOP`|||||
|align="center"|5|**Gisborne**<sup>(1)(2)</sup>|Gisborne District Council|14|Gisborne|North|align="right"|8,385|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-GIS`|||||
|align="center"|6|**Hawke's Bay**|Hawke's Bay Regional Council|9|Napier|North|align="right"|14,138|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-HKB`|||||
|align="center"|7|**Taranaki**|Taranaki Regional Council|11|Stratford|North|align="right"|7,254|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-TKI`|||||
|align="center"|8|**Manawatū-Whanganui **|Horizons Regional Council|12|Palmerston North|North|align="right"|22,221|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-MWT`|||||
|align="center"|9|**Wellington**|Greater Wellington Regional Council|13|Wellington|North|align="right"|8,049|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-WGN`|||||
|align="center"|10|**Tasman**<sup>(1)</sup>|Tasman District Council|13|Richmond|South|align="right"|9,616|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-TAS`|||||
|align="center"|11|**Nelson**<sup>(1)</sup>|Nelson City Council|13|Nelson|South|align="right"|422|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-NSN`|||||
|align="center"|12|**Marlborough**<sup>(1)</sup>|Marlborough District Council|14|Blenheim|South|align="right"|10,458|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-MBH`|||||
|align="center"|13|**West Coast**|West Coast Regional Council|7|Greymouth|South|align="right"|23,245|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-WTC`|||||
|align="center"|14|**Canterbury**|Environment Canterbury|14|Christchurch|South|align="right"|44,504|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-CAN`|||||
|align="center"|15|**Otago**|Otago Regional Council|12|Dunedin|South|align="right"|31,186|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-OTA`|||||
|align="center"|16|**Southland**|Southland Regional Council|12|Invercargill|South|align="right"|31,196|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|`NZ-STL`|||||

Notes:

(1) These regions have _unitary authorities_.

(2) The Gisborne Region is still widely but unofficially known by its former name East Cape or as the East Coast.

## Infobox (subdivision type)

- **name**: Regions
- **category**: Unitary state
- **current number**: #List of regions, 16
- **population range**: (West Coast Region, West Coast) –  (Auckland Region, Auckland)
- **area range**: (Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson) –  (Canterbury Region, Canterbury)
- **government**: local government in New Zealand, Local government
- **subdivision**: Territorial authorities of New Zealand, Territorial authority