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}} The word "city" began to take on two meanings in New Zealand after the local government reforms of 1989. Before the reforms, a borough council with more than 20,000 people could be proclaimed a city. The boundaries of councils tended to follow the edge of the built-up area, so there was little difference between the urban area and the local government area. In 1989, the structure of the local governments in New Zealand was significantly reorganized. The new district councils and city councils were nearly always much larger geographically, and they covered both urban land and the surrounding rural land. Many locations that once had had a "city council" are now governed by a "district council". The word "city" began to be used in a less formal sense to describe the urban areas of New Zealand, independent of local body boundaries. This informal usage is jealously guarded. The district government of the town of Gisborne, for example, adamantly described itself as the first "city" in the world to see the new millennium. However, Gisborne is governed by a "district council", though its status as a city is not generally disputed in New Zealand. Today an urban area has to be at least 50,000 residents before it can be proclaimed as a city.〔http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/about-2006-census/2006-census-definitions-questionnaires/definitions/geographic.aspx〕 == Urban areas by population == The populations given in the table below are provisional New Zealand resident populations, and they refer to the entire urban area, unless otherwise stated. } | align=right | | align=right | /1086|1}}}} | |- | 2 | Wellington | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /444|1}}}} | align=right | 1. |- | 3 | Christchurch | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /608|1}}}} | |- | 4 | Hamilton | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /877|1}}}} | align=right | 2. |- | 5 | Tauranga | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /178|1}}}} | |- | 6 | Napier-Hastings | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /375|1}}}} | align=right | 3. |- | 7 | Dunedin | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /255|1}}}} | |- | 8 | Palmerston North | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /178|1}}}} | |- | 9 | Nelson | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /146|1}}}} | |- | 10 | Rotorua | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /89|1}}}} | |- | 11 | New Plymouth | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /112|1}}}} | |- | 12 | Whangarei | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /133|1}}}} | |- | 13 | Invercargill | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /123|1}}}} | |- | 14 | Whanganui (Wanganui) | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /105|1}}}} | |- | 15 | Gisborne | align=right | }} | align=right | | align=right | /85|1}}}} | |} Notes: # Kapiti urban area () is the only Statistics New Zealand main urban area not listed. It spans the towns of Otaki, Paekakariki, Paraparaumu, Raumati and Waikanae, and is not considered to be a city. It is part of the Greater Wellington Regional Council's area – though listed separately by Statistics New Zealand. Hundreds of people there commute daily to Wellington for work, and the suburban commuter rail network serves the Kapiti area. If Kapiti were added to Wellington the total population of the Wellington urban area would be approximately 440,000. # The population for the Hamilton urban zone is , the Cambridge urban zone is and the Te Awamutu urban zone is . # The population figures for the Hastings urban zone is , and for Napier . # Blenheim () is sometimes referred to as a city, especially by locals, although its former borough council was never proclaimed a city. # Timaru () once had a city council, but is now administered by a district council. It is classified as a secondary urban area by Statistics New Zealand. It is still considered a city and the principal centre of South Canterbury. Road signs state "city centre" rather than "town centre". # Pukekohe, a town not far south of Auckland, has an estimated population of . # Taupo () is rarely referred to as a city. # Masterton (), the main centre in the Wairarapa, is rarely referred to as a city. # Levin (), the main centre in the Horowhenua district, is not considered to be a city. # Tokoroa was long expected to become a city when its population continued to grow past 18,000 during the 1980s. However, with the fallback in the forestry industry, Tokoroa's main industry, many jobs were lost and Tokoroa's population declined. It now has residents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of cities in New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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