Here is SQL and a text list of the towns and cities in New Zealand.
The list is free for all to use for any purpose.
The original data was sourced from Wikipedia on Saturday 31 January 2008.
If you need to modify it further, remember that you can always use The Worlds Simplest Code Generator.
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SQL version:
INSERT INTO TABLE(townname) VALUES ('Ahaura'), ('Ahipara'), ('Ahititi'), ('Ahuroa'), ('Akaroa'), ('Albert Town'), ('Albury'), ('Alexandra'), ('Amberley'), ('Aranga'), ('Arapohue'), ('Arrowtown'), ('Ashburton'), ('Ashhurst'), ('Auckland'), ('Auroa'), ('Awanui'), ('Balclutha'), ('Balfour'), ('Barrytown'), ('Beachlands'), ('Beaumont'), ('Bell Block'), ('Blackball'), ('Blenheim'), ('Bluff'), ('Brighton'), ('Brightwater'), ('Broadwood'), ('Bulls'), ('Bunnythorpe'), ('Cambridge'), ('Canvastown'), ('Carterton'), ('Cheviot'), ('Christchurch'), ('Clarksville'), ('Clive'), ('Coatesville'), ('Colville'), ('Coroglen'), ('Coromandel'), ('Cromwell'), ('Dairy Flat'), ('Dannevirke'), ('Darfield'), ('Dargaville'), ('Dobson'), ('Drury'), ('Dunedin'), ('Duntroon'), ('Eastbourne'), ('Edgecumbe'), ('Egmont Village'), ('Eketahuna'), ('Eltham'), ('Fairhall'), ('Fairlie'), ('Featherston'), ('Feilding'), ('Flaxmere'), ('Fox Glacier'), ('Foxton'), ('Foxton Beach'), ('Frankton'), ('Frankton'), ('Franz Josef'), ('Geraldine'), ('Gisborne'), ('Glenorchy'), ('Gore'), ('Granity'), ('Greymouth'), ('Greytown'), ('Grovetown'), ('Haast'), ('Hakataramea'), ('Hamilton'), ('Hanmer Springs'), ('Hari Hari'), ('Hastings'), ('Haupiri'), ('Havelock'), ('Havelock North'), ('Hawea'), ('Hawera'), ('Helensville'), ('Henley'), ('Herekino'), ('Hikuai'), ('Hikurangi'), ('Hikutaia'), ('Hinuera'), ('Hokitika'), ('Horeke'), ('Houhora'), ('Howick'), ('Huapai'), ('Huiakama'), ('Huirangi'), ('Hukerenui'), ('Huntly'), ('Hurleyville'), ('Inangahua Junction'), ('Inglewood'), ('Invercargill'), ('Jacobs River'), ('Kaiapoi'), ('Kaihu'), ('Kaikohe'), ('Kaikoura'), ('Kaimata'), ('Kaingaroa'), ('Kaipara Flats'), ('Kaitaia'), ('Kaitangata'), ('Kaiwaka'), ('Kakaramea'), ('Kaniere'), ('Kaponga'), ('Karamea'), ('Karetu'), ('Katikati'), ('Kaukapakapa'), ('Kauri'), ('Kawakawa'), ('Kawerau'), ('Kennedy Bay'), ('Kerikeri'), ('Kihikihi'), ('Kinloch'), ('Kokatahi'), ('Kokopu'), ('Koromiko'), ('Kumara'), ('Kumeu'), ('Kurow'), ('Kawhia'), ('Lawrence'), ('Leeston'), ('Leigh'), ('Lepperton'), ('Levin'), ('Lincoln'), ('Linkwater'), ('Little River'), ('Lower Hutt'), ('Lumsden'), ('Lyttelton'), ('Makahu'), ('Manaia'), ('Manaia'), ('Manakau'), ('Mangakino'), ('Mangamuka'), ('Mangatoki'), ('Mangawhai'), ('Manukau'), ('Manurewa'), ('Maraetai'), ('Marco'), ('Maromaku'), ('Marsden Bay'), ('Martinborough'), ('Marton'), ('Maruia'), ('Masterton'), ('Matakana'), ('Matakohe'), ('Matamata'), ('Matapu'), ('Matarau'), ('Matihetihe'), ('Maungakaramea'), ('Maungatapere'), ('Maungaturoto'), ('Mayfield'), ('Methven'), ('Middlemarch'), ('Midhirst'), ('Millers Flat'), ('Milton'), ('Mimi'), ('Moana'), ('Moenui'), ('Moeraki'), ('Moerewa'), ('Mokau'), ('Mokoia'), ('Morrinsville'), ('Mosgiel'), ('Mossburn'), ('Motatau'), ('Motueka'), ('Mount Maunganui'), ('Mount Somers'), ('Murchison'), ('Murupara'), ('Napier'), ('Naseby'), ('Nelson'), ('New Brighton'), ('New Plymouth'), ('Normanby'), ('Ngaere'), ('Ngamatapouri'), ('Ngapara'), ('Ngaruawahia'), ('Ngataki'), ('Ngongotaha'), ('Ngunguru'), ('Norfolk'), ('North Shore City'), ('Oakura'), ('Oamaru'), ('Oban'), ('Ohakune'), ('Ohaeawai'), ('Ohangai'), ('Ohoka'), ('Ohope Beach'), ('Ohura'), ('Okaihau'), ('Okato'), ('Omanaia'), ('Omarama'), ('Omata'), ('Omokoroa'), ('Opononi'), ('Opotiki'), ('Opua'), ('Opunake'), ('Oratia'), ('Orewa'), ('Oromahoe'), ('Oruaiti'), ('Otaika'), ('Otaki'), ('Otakou'), ('Otautau'), ('Otiria'), ('Otorohanga'), ('Oxford'), ('Paekakariki'), ('Paeroa'), ('Pahiatua'), ('Paihia'), ('Pakaraka'), ('Pakiri'), ('Pakotai'), ('Palmerston'), ('Palmerston North'), ('Pamapuria'), ('Panguru'), ('Papakura'), ('Papamoa'), ('Paparoa'), ('Papatoetoe'), ('Parakai'), ('Paraparaumu'), ('Paroa'), ('Parua Bay'), ('Patea'), ('Pauanui'), ('Pauatahanui'), ('Peka Peka'), ('Pembroke'), ('Peria'), ('Petone'), ('Picton'), ('Piopio'), ('Pipiwai'), ('Pirongia'), ('Pleasant Point'), ('Plimmerton'), ('Porirua'), ('Portland'), ('Poroti'), ('Port Chalmers'), ('Portobello'), ('Pukekohe'), ('Pukerua Bay'), ('Pukeuri'), ('Pukepoto'), ('Purua'), ('Putaruru'), ('Queenstown'), ('Raetihi'), ('Raglan'), ('Rahotu'), ('Rai Valley'), ('Ramarama'), ('Ranfurly'), ('Rangiora'), ('Rapaura'), ('Ratapiko'), ('Raumati'), ('Rawene'), ('Rawhitiroa'), ('Reefton'), ('Renwick'), ('Richmond'), ('Riverhead'), ('Riverlands'), ('Riversdale Beach'), ('Riverton'), ('Rolleston'), ('Ross'), ('Rotorua'), ('Roxburgh'), ('Ruatoria'), ('Ruawai'), ('Runanga'), ('Russell'), ('Sanson'), ('Seddon'), ('Sheffield and Waddington'), ('Shannon'), ('Snells Beach'), ('Springfield'), ('Stratford'), ('Silverdale'), ('Spring Creek'), ('Taharoa'), ('Taihape'), ('Taipa-Mangonui'), ('Tairua'), ('Takaka'), ('Tangiteroria'), ('Tapanui'), ('Tapu'), ('Tangowahine'), ('Tapora'), ('Taradale'), ('Tauhoa'), ('Taumarunui'), ('Taupaki'), ('Taupo'), ('Tauranga'), ('Tauraroa'), ('Tautoro'), ('Te Anau'), ('Te Arai'), ('Te Aroha'), ('Te Awamutu'), ('Te Hapua'), ('Te Horo'), ('Te Kao'), ('Te Kopuru'), ('Te Kuiti'), ('Te Puke'), ('Te Puru'), ('Temuka'), ('Te Rerenga'), ('Thames'), ('Tikorangi'), ('Timaru'), ('Tinopai'), ('Tinwald'), ('Tirau'), ('Titoki'), ('Tokarahi'), ('Toko'), ('Tokoroa'), ('Tolaga Bay'), ('Tomarata'), ('Towai'), ('Tuakau'), ('Tuamarina'), ('Turangi'), ('Twizel'), ('Umawera'), ('Upper Hutt'), ('Urenui'), ('Uruti'), ('Waiheke Island'), ('Waharoa'), ('Waiharara'), ('Waihi'), ('Waihi Beach'), ('Waihola'), ('Waikanae'), ('Waikawa'), ('Waikawa'), ('Waima'), ('Waimangaroa'), ('Waimate'), ('Waimate North'), ('Waimauku'), ('Wainui'), ('Wainuiomata'), ('Waioneke'), ('Waiouru'), ('Waiotira'), ('Waipawa'), ('Waipukurau'), ('Wairakei'), ('Wairau Valley'), ('Wairoa'), ('Waitahuna'), ('Waikouaiti'), ('Waikuku'), ('Waitakere'), ('Waitara'), ('Waitaria Bay'), ('Waitoa'), ('Waitoki'), ('Waitoriki'), ('Waitotara'), ('Waiuku'), ('Wakefield'), ('Wallacetown'), ('Walton'), ('Waverley'), ('Wanaka'), ('Wanganui'), ('Ward'), ('Wardville'), ('Warkworth'), ('Wellington'), ('Wellsford'), ('Westport'), ('Whakatane'), ('Whakamaru'), ('Whananaki'), ('Whangamata'), ('Whangamomona'), ('Whangarei'), ('Whangarei Heads'), ('Whangaruru'), ('Whataroa'), ('Whatuwhiwhi'), ('Whenuakite'), ('Whenuakura'), ('Whiritoa'), ('Whitford'), ('Whitby'), ('Whitianga'), ('Willowby'), ('Wimbledon'), ('Winscombe'), ('Winton'), ('Woodend'), ('Woodhill'), ('Woodville'), ('Wyndham'); |
Text version:
Ahaura Ahipara Ahititi Ahuroa Akaroa Albert Town Albury Alexandra Amberley Aranga Arapohue Arrowtown Ashburton Ashhurst Auckland Auroa Awanui Balclutha Balfour Barrytown Beachlands Beaumont Bell Block Blackball Blenheim Bluff Brighton Brightwater Broadwood Bulls Bunnythorpe Cambridge Canvastown Carterton Cheviot Christchurch Clarksville Clive Coatesville Colville Coroglen Coromandel Cromwell Dairy Flat Dannevirke Darfield Dargaville Dobson Drury Dunedin Duntroon Eastbourne Edgecumbe Egmont Village Eketahuna Eltham Fairhall Fairlie Featherston Feilding Flaxmere Fox Glacier Foxton Foxton Beach Frankton, Otago Frankton, Waikato Franz Josef Geraldine Gisborne Glenorchy Gore Granity Greymouth Greytown Grovetown Haast Hakataramea Hamilton Hanmer Springs Hari Hari Hastings Haupiri Havelock Havelock North Hawea Hawera Helensville Henley Herekino Hikuai Hikurangi Hikutaia Hinuera Hokitika Horeke Houhora Howick Huapai Huiakama Huirangi Hukerenui Huntly Hurleyville Inangahua Junction Inglewood Invercargill Jacobs River Kaiapoi Kaihu Kaikohe Kaikoura Kaimata Kaingaroa Kaipara Flats Kaitaia Kaitangata Kaiwaka Kakaramea Kaniere Kaponga Karamea Karetu Katikati Kaukapakapa Kauri Kawakawa Kawerau Kennedy Bay Kerikeri Kihikihi Kinloch Kokatahi Kokopu Koromiko Kumara Kumeu Kurow Kawhia Lawrence Leeston Leigh Lepperton Levin Lincoln Linkwater Little River Lower Hutt Lumsden Lyttelton Makahu Manaia, South Taranaki Manaia, Coromandel Manakau Mangakino Mangamuka Mangatoki Mangawhai Manukau Manurewa Maraetai Marco Maromaku Marsden Bay Martinborough Marton Maruia Masterton Matakana Matakohe Matamata Matapu Matarau Matihetihe Maungakaramea Maungatapere Maungaturoto Mayfield Methven Middlemarch Midhirst Millers Flat Milton Mimi Moana Moenui Moeraki Moerewa Mokau Mokoia Morrinsville Mosgiel Mossburn Motatau Motueka Mount Maunganui Mount Somers Murchison Murupara Napier Naseby Nelson New Brighton New Plymouth Normanby Ngaere Ngamatapouri Ngapara Ngaruawahia Ngataki Ngongotaha Ngunguru Norfolk North Shore City Oakura Oamaru Oban Ohakune Ohaeawai Ohangai Ohoka Ohope Beach Ohura Okaihau Okato Omanaia Omarama Omata Omokoroa Opononi Opotiki Opua Opunake Oratia Orewa Oromahoe Oruaiti Otaika Otaki Otakou Otautau Otiria Otorohanga Oxford Paekakariki Paeroa Pahiatua Paihia Pakaraka Pakiri Pakotai Palmerston Palmerston North Pamapuria Panguru Papakura Papamoa Paparoa Papatoetoe Parakai Paraparaumu Paroa Parua Bay Patea Pauanui Pauatahanui Peka Peka Pembroke Peria Petone Picton Piopio Pipiwai Pirongia Pleasant Point Plimmerton Porirua Portland Poroti Port Chalmers Portobello Pukekohe Pukerua Bay Pukeuri Pukepoto Purua Putaruru Queenstown Raetihi Raglan Rahotu Rai Valley Ramarama Ranfurly Rangiora Rapaura Ratapiko Raumati Rawene Rawhitiroa Reefton Renwick Richmond Riverhead Riverlands Riversdale Beach Riverton Rolleston Ross Rotorua Roxburgh Ruatoria Ruawai Runanga Russell Sanson Seddon Sheffield and Waddington Shannon Snells Beach Springfield Stratford Silverdale Spring Creek Taharoa Taihape Taipa-Mangonui Tairua Takaka Tangiteroria Tapanui Tapu Tangowahine Tapora Taradale Tauhoa Taumarunui Taupaki Taupo Tauranga Tauraroa Tautoro Te Anau Te Arai Te Aroha Te Awamutu Te Hapua Te Horo Te Kao Te Kopuru Te Kuiti Te Puke Te Puru Temuka Te Rerenga Thames Tikorangi Timaru Tinopai Tinwald Tirau Titoki Tokarahi Toko Tokoroa Tolaga Bay Tomarata Towai Tuakau Tuamarina Turangi Twizel Umawera Upper Hutt Urenui Uruti Waiheke Island Waharoa Waiharara Waihi Waihi Beach Waihola Waikanae Waikawa, Marlborough Waikawa, Southland Waima Waimangaroa Waimate Waimate North Waimauku Wainui Wainuiomata Waioneke Waiouru Waiotira Waipawa Waipukurau Wairakei Wairau Valley Wairoa Waitahuna Waikouaiti Waikuku Waitakere Waitara Waitaria Bay Waitoa Waitoki Waitoriki Waitotara Waiuku Wakefield Wallacetown Walton Waverley Wanaka Wanganui Ward Wardville Warkworth Wellington Wellsford Westport Whakatane Whakamaru Whananaki Whangamata Whangamomona Whangarei Whangarei Heads Whangaruru Whataroa Whatuwhiwhi Whenuakite Whenuakura Whiritoa Whitford Whitby Whitianga Willowby Wimbledon Winscombe Winton Woodend Woodhill Woodville Wyndham
I was just looking at making a similar list for my own use, I was going to do the same thing, pull the info from wikipedia.
You certainly saved me a few minutes.
Thanks
hello, I know this is an oldish post. But wondering if you have the same list, but with regions attached to the data as well?
Typo: there are two “f”s in Bluff. Great list, though — thanks!
Very helpful. Thanks heaps for posting this
Do you have the associated shortcodes (abbreviations) for each town ? Am trying to track down if anyone has a list of nationally recognised town abbreviations that I can use in our systems.
(Air New Zealand has a list of such town shortcodes but of course they only apply to the destinations that Air NZ flies into, not every NZ town & city).
Dave – the telephone directories have abbreviated ‘codes’ for all towns.
Thank you for this, super helpful!
fantastic tool! thank you
Doesn’t include a lot of the smaller towns around New Zealand unfortunately (neither does the wiki – 2021)