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. 																		

																		
	1911	1916	1921	1926	1936	1945	1951	1956	1961	1966	1971	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Auckland 	11051	8764	10893	9211	8706	9389	8452	6415	5090	4018	3845	3523	3417	1460	1475	3804	8295	17940
Wellington	14196	15244	15747	14899	14563	14075	11722	10134	9045	7698	6487	5177	4495	2984	2706	4440	6696	9294
Christchurch	16181	14292	16481	16286	16346	17088	15862	13802	11017	9932	9542	8555	7688	5624	5670	6596	7266	7656
Dunedin	14077	12838	13326	15370	12471	11313	10533	9442	8143	7537	7227	7268	6429	5741	5996	6667	6324	7239

Source: NZ Census																		

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