Back Rechions de Nueva Zelanda AN أقاليم نيوزيلندا Arabic جيهات نيوزيلاندا ARY Wawengkon ring Selandia Anyar BAN Regiona vo Neiseeland BAR Рэгіёны Новай Зеландыі BE Regions de Nova Zelanda Catalan ھەرێمەکانی نیوزیلاند CKB Regiony na Novém Zélandu Czech Rhanbarthau Seland Newydd CY
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location |  New Zealand |
| Number | 16 |
| Populations | 32,900 (West Coast) – 1,739,300 (Auckland) |
| Areas | 450 km2 (172 sq mi) (Nelson) – 45,350 km2 (17,508 sq mi) (Canterbury) |
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New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions (Māori: ngā rohe) for local government purposes. Eleven are administered by regional councils (the top tier of local government), and five are administered by unitary authorities, which are territorial authorities (otherwise the second tier of local government) that also perform the functions of regional councils.[1][2] The Chatham Islands Council is not a region but is similar to a unitary authority, authorised under its own legislation.[3]
- ^ "2013 Census definitions and forms: U". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Glossary". localcouncils.govt.nz. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ Chatham Islands Council Act 1995 Archived 12 July 2012 at archive.today, Parliament of New Zealand, 1995, Statute No 041, Commenced: 1 November 1995, retrieved 4 February 2008.