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Biggest Cities in New Zealand

Can you name the 15 most populous urban areas in New Zealand?
June 2015 estimates according to Wikipedia
Quiz by AdamSutherland
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Last updated: April 28, 2016
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First submittedMarch 29, 2012
Times taken19,607
Average score53.3%
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Population
Island
City
1,454,300
North
Auckland
398,300
North
Wellington
381,800
South
Christchurch
224,000
North
Hamilton
130,800
North
Tauranga
129,700
North
Napier-Hastings
117,400
South
Dunedin
83,500
North
Palmerston North
Population
Island
City
64,800
South
Nelson
56,800
North
Rotorua
56,300
North
New Plymouth
55,400
North
Whangarei
50,300
South
Invercargill
39,400
North
Whanganui
35,700
North
Gisborne
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Level 29
Dec 18, 2015
New Zealand's population is probably very small
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Level 82
Aug 8, 2016
I always wonder at comments like this. Makes it seem like a great, unfathomable mystery when, you can google the answer in approximately 4 seconds.
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Level 22
Feb 5, 2020
Yeah lol. And to the above comment, New Zealand has a population of about 5M
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Level 67
Jan 27, 2023
Now it is 6M people

(some day this will be correct)

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Level 76
Jul 19, 2016
cool quizz from Otorohanga
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Level 42
Apr 4, 2021
aye
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Level 68
Jul 19, 2016
Yay, easy for a kiwiquizzer who has been to all those places. As a NZer who has finally mastered all those States of the USA quizzes, any Americans who have mastered this quiz? :-)
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Level 84
Jul 19, 2016
One American who got them all, but I used to live in NZ, so had a bit of an insider's knowledge. Been to all but 3 I think.
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Level 82
Jul 19, 2016
One American who finds them

One American to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them?

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Level 61
Dec 23, 2021
One American to find them all

One American to post them all

One American to show off all

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Level 50
Jun 3, 2018
I'm from England, got all but five. Working on learning the rest!
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Level 81
Apr 17, 2023
A Canadian here who got all but two (Tauranga and New Plymouth - I knew which ones I was missing but couldn't for the life of me remember what they were called).

I visited NZ for a few weeks back in 1984/85, and at that time visited all of these but Tauranga, New Plymouth and Gisborne. It was a while back, but some things stick with you.

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Level 48
Jul 20, 2016
I got three. Yep, those three.
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Level 68
Aug 7, 2016
No worries. New Zealand is pretty obscure!
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Level 66
Jul 21, 2016
I Love NZ.....:'(
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Level 68
Aug 7, 2016
You can try some of my NZ quizzes if you like: "Landmarks of New Zealand", "Birds of New Zealand", "Plants of New Zealand", "Kiwiana"...
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Level 35
Apr 12, 2017
kiwi, you live in NZ to?
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Level 61
Jan 7, 2018
Red Zombie Angel, your comment made me facepalm.
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Level 66
Jan 28, 2020
Well, it is not likely redzombieangel is a zombie, or an angel, or even red..
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Level 53
Jul 29, 2016
4 seems like a terrible score for an Australian. But it's what I got.
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Level 68
May 26, 2019
Yep, that's pretty terrible.
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Level 39
Jul 23, 2020
Oof. Im a kiwi and i didn't get Hastings OR Whanganui🤦‍♀️
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Level 59
Feb 8, 2021
I got them all and I'm from Australia, although it was my second try.
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Level 58
Nov 1, 2022
I also got 4. I’m from the US
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Level 83
Jan 24, 2018
I can still remember my geography teacher trying to convince us that Christchurch was both New Zealand's capital and its biggest city.
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Level 68
May 26, 2019
Cool, where was that?
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Level 46
Oct 11, 2019
I really hope for your teacher's sake you don't live anywhere near New Zealand.
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Level 55
Apr 4, 2021
One of my teachers tried to convince me that Mexico was in South America. This happened when I was about 9 years old.
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Level 58
Nov 1, 2022
The educational system has failed us
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Level 50
Feb 21, 2024
well it's in Africa east of Mozambique fyi
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Level 20
Jan 24, 2019
Did It! 0:38 remaining
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Level 50
Jan 19, 2020
New Zealand is such an amazing country, I'd love to visit sometime.
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Level 55
Sep 16, 2020
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Level 22
Jun 27, 2020
Shouldn't Lower Hutt be included? According to wikipedia, it is the 6th largest city after Tauranga.
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Level 29
Sep 20, 2020
I am very grateful to be randomly given this quiz (using the randomise button) seeing that I am a resident of none other than... Hamilton! (not a very great feat, my hometown gets picked on a lot, and there is no blame for that.)
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Level 76
Jul 23, 2023
Well its slogan was once "More than you expect" which was a bit tragic. On the plus side, Hamilton Gardens is just fabulous and worth adding to anyone's bucket list.
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Level 67
Jan 27, 2023
I'm a kiwi, didn't get them all. The North Island is kinda a different country for people down south.
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Level 76
Jul 23, 2023
These figures are 8 years old - maybe time to update these statistics?
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Level ∞
Aug 16, 2023
Looks like there was a census this year. The data has not been released yet. We will update next year.
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Level 82
Nov 3, 2023
London: No

Bristol: No

Birmingham: No

Leeds: No

Portsmouth: No

Plymouth: No

Okay, this is obviously a failing strategy, so....

New London: No

New Bristol: No

New Birmingham: No

New Leeds: No

New Portsmouth: No

Alright, this fails too, time to give up. Argh!