Regions of New Zealand

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

List of regions
 Name(name in Māori if different) Regional council  Seats Council seat Island Land area(km2) Population Density
(pop./km2) ISO 3166-2 Code 1 Northland Northland Regional Council 9 Whangārei North 12,504   NZ-NTL 2 Auckland(1) Auckland Council 21 Auckland North 4,941   NZ-AUK 3 Waikato Waikato Regional Council 14 Hamilton North 23,900   NZ-WKO 4 Bay of Plenty Bay of Plenty Regional Council 14 Whakatāne North 12,072   NZ-BOP 5 Gisborne(1)(2) Gisborne District Council 14 Gisborne North 8,385   NZ-GIS 6 Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Regional Council 9 Napier North 14,138   NZ-HKB 7 Taranaki Taranaki Regional Council 11 Stratford North 7,254   NZ-TKI 8 Manawatū-Whanganui  Horizons Regional Council 12 Palmerston North North 22,221  NZ-MWT 9 Wellington Greater Wellington Regional Council 13 Wellington North 8,049   NZ-WGN 10 Tasman(1) Tasman District Council 13 Richmond South 9,616   NZ-TAS 11 Nelson(1) Nelson City Council 13 Nelson South 422   NZ-NSN 12 Marlborough(1) Marlborough District Council 14 Blenheim South 10,458   NZ-MBH 13 West Coast West Coast Regional Council 7 Greymouth South 23,245   NZ-WTC 14 Canterbury Environment Canterbury 14 Christchurch South 44,504   NZ-CAN 15 Otago Otago Regional Council 12 Dunedin South 31,186   NZ-OTA 16 Southland Southland Regional Council 12 Invercargill South 31,196   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.

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