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Story: City history and people

New Zealand cities

This map shows New Zealand’s cities in 2009. Click on the names to see the changing population of each urban area, and the dates they became cities.

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David Thorns and Ben Schrader, City history and people – New cities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/23532/new-zealand-cities (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Thorns and Ben Schrader, published 15 April 2010.