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Statistics New Zealand announced in 2017 that the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) would replace the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92). The change impacted Wellington most, by splitting it into four urban areas, being the Wellington city and Lower Hutt city "major urban areas" and Porirua and Upper ...
Nelson (Māori: Whakatū) is a city and unitary authority on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the oldest city in the South Island and the second-oldest settled city in the country; it was established in 1841 and became a city by British royal charter in 1858. [3]
Third-oldest city in Australia. Newcastle: New South Wales Australia: 1804 AD Fourth-oldest city in Australia. Launceston: Tasmania Australia: 1806 AD Fifth-oldest city in Australia. Kerikeri: Northland New Zealand: c. 1818 AD Oldest European-founded settlement in New Zealand. Levuka: Kubuna Fiji: 1820 [267] Oldest European settlement in Fiji ...
The University of Otago, the oldest university in New Zealand, in 1869. [43] Otago Girls' High School was established in 1871. New Zealand Insurance Co Ltd, Dunedin (built 1899) By 1874, Dunedin and its suburbs had become New Zealand's largest city with a population of 29,832 displacing Auckland's 27,840 residents to second place. [44]
The Christchurch radio market is the second-largest in New Zealand, with 511,700 listeners aged 10 and over. The three largest stations in Christchurch by market share are Newstalk ZB, More FM, and The Breeze. [357] As with other New Zealand radio markets, most radio stations in Christchurch are centralcast out of Auckland.
The surrounding area also contains many expensive holiday homes, as well as New Zealand's most expensive rental accommodation, the Eagles Nest. [15] The photographer Laurence Aberhart lives here. A car ferry across the Bay of Islands runs between Okiato and Opua , and is the main tourist access to Russell.
The 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition was the second of two mass petitions to the New Zealand Government in support of women's suffrage. About one-third of Dunedin women signed the petition, a higher percentage than any other city. [39] New Zealand's first women's trade union (the Tailoresses) was created in Dunedin in 1889.
Using that boundary, Marton Rural had a population of 987 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 24 people (2.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 63 people (6.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 381 households, comprising 507 males and 480 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.06 males per female.