The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. "Population of the four main urban areas, 1858–1936" 1858 1864 1871 1878 1881 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 1911 1916 1921 1926 1936 Auckland 6283 12423 20457 24772 30952 57048 51287 57616 67226 82101 102676 133712 157757 193385 212159 Wellington 4516 4741 7908 18953 20563 27833 33224 41758 49344 63807 70729 95235 107488 121961 149971 Christchurch 1443 6438 12466 26643 32216 44688 47846 51330 57041 67878 80193 92733 105670 118644 132559 Dunedin 1712 15790 14857 32792 39225 45518 45869 47280 52390 56020 64237 68716 72255 85197 81961 "Source: Bloomfield, 1977" "Population of the four main urban areas, 1945–2006" 1945 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 Auckland 263370 329123 381063 448365 548293 649746 742786 769558 816927 878217 991809 1074453 1208085 Wellington 173520 208292 224350 249532 282487 307629 327414 321004 323421 324147 334005 339927 360621 Christchurch 150047 174221 193367 220510 247248 275968 295296 289959 295749 303411 325251 334107 360765 Dunedin 83351 95457 99370 105003 108734 111059 113222 107445 107331 107523 110790 107088 111000 Source: NZ Census Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz