Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 25th May 2021

In English:

   dd/mm/yyyy 

   14:32  

In Maori:

   dd-mm-yyyy 

   14:32  

The official languages are English (3 213 000 speakers) and Maori (50-70 000 speakers).

New Zealand is one of the few countries with an Anglo-Saxon-based legal system where personal names must be approved by the authorities. Names containing numerals, for example, are not allowed; as are any names likely to cause problems for the child.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

The following abbreviations are acceptable for bulk mailings:

String	Abbreviation
Administration	Admn
Agency	Agcy
Branch	Brnch, Br
Centre	Ctr
Company	Co
Corporation	Corp
Division	Div
Enterprise	Entrprs
Government	Govt
Group	Grp
Headquarters	Hdqtrs
Incorporated	Inc
Laboratory	Lab
Limited	Ltd
Management	Mgmt
Manufacturer	Mfr
Manufacturing	Mfg
National	Natl
Partnership	Prtnrshp
System	Sys

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Addresses are formatted as follows:

   Name
   {Unit or floor number}
   {Building name}
   Number{[ - ]Apartment number}[ ]Thoroughfare name[ ]Thoroughfare type
   Suburb
   Settlement[ ]POSTAL CODE

For example:

There may be 1 or 2 spaces between the postal town name and the postal code.

Use the street name and number unless you only have the building name information. Corner addresses (eg. ‘corner Main and High Streets’) or ranges of street numbers (eg. ‘4-12 Main Street’) should not be used.

The house number may be followed by an apartment number separated from the house number by a hyphen, with a space between the hyphen and the number(s). If the house number is followed by a single letter, there should be no space between the number and the letter in this way:

   26A

When an address is a number range, only the first number in the range should be given to prevent confusion with flat numbers. Thus:

   7-9 Auckland Avenue

should be written

   7 Auckland Avenue

Addresses may also be to Post office boxes, Private Bags or Rural Deliveries. Ensure that only one type of address is used. A recipient may have more than one postal code according to the address type used (street, bag or box).

Post office box and private bag deliveries have this format:

   Name
   [PO Box ]post office box number
   {Box lobby}
   Postal town[ ]postal code

   Name
   [Private Bag ]private bag number
   {Box lobby}
   Postal town[ ]postal code

for example

The Post office box or private bag numbers should not be written with spaces, and "PO" should be written without spaces or full stops. The box lobby is not written if it is the same as the postal town.

Other mailing address forms are Counter Delivery (CD) and Community Mail Box (CMB).

Rural deliveries contain an extra line below the street address indicating the rural delivery number, in this way:

Note that there should be no space between the R and the D. Floor levels should not be used in rural addresses. Letters for anybody other than the owner of the Rural Delivery box should be indicated using the string “c/-” in this way:

The address may be in mixed- or upper-case, but the first letter of each line should be in upper case. Street addresses and post office box/private addresses must not be used in the same address block in bulk mailings.

Addresses may be found in Maori. P.O. Box is Pouaka Poutāpeta in Maori.

For bulk mailings, a number of standard abbreviations exist. If a word does no appear in the list below, it must be printed in full:

String	Abbreviation
Apartment	Apt
Basement	Bsmt
Building	Bldg
Centre	Ctr
Department	Dept
Floor	Fl
Lobby	Lbby
Lower	Lowr
Office	Ofc
Space	Spc
Room	Rm
Suite	Ste
Upper	Uppr

Directionals may be abbreviated as follows but not if they are part of a street or place name:

Directional	Abbreviation
North	Nth
East	E
South	Sth
West	W
Northeast	NE
Southeast	SE
Northwest	NW
Southwest	SW

For bulk mailings, the following standard abbreviations should be used:

String	Abbreviation
Alley	Aly
Annex	Anx
Arcade	Arc
Avenue	Ave
Beach	Bch
Bend	Bnd
Bluff	Blf
Bottom	Btm
Boulevard	Blvd
Branch	Br
Bridge	Brg
Brook	Brk
Bypass	Byp
Cape	Cpe
Causeway	Cswy
Circle	Cir
Cliffs	Clfs
Corner	Cor
Corners	Cors
Course	Crse
Court	Ct
Courts	Cts
Cove	Cv
Creek	Crk
Crescent	Cres
Divide	Dv
Drive	Dr
Estates	Est
Falls	Fls
Ferry	Fry
Field	Fld
Fields	Flds
Flat, Flats	Flt
Ford	Frd
Fort	Ft
Forest	Frst
Forks	Frks
Gardens	Gdns
Glen	Gln
Green	Grn
Grove	Grv
Harbour	Hbr
Haven	Hvn
Heights	Hts
Highway	Hwy
Hill	Hl
Hills	Hls
Island	Is
Junction	Jct
Lane	Ln
Lodge	Ldg
Meadows	Mdws
Mill	Ml
Mills	Mls
Mission	Msn
Mount	Mt
Mountain	Mtn
Orchard	Orch
Parkway	Pky
Place	Pl
Point	Pt
Rapids	Rpds
River	Riv
Road	Rd
Shore	Shr
Spring	Spg
Springs	Spgs
Square	Sq
State Highway	Sh
Stream	Strm
Street	St
Summit	Smt
Terrace	Ter
Tunnel	Tunl
Valley	Vly
Viaduct	Via
View	Vw
Village	Vlg
Vista	Vis

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Postal codes (known locally as Postcodes) were introduced in 1977. They consist of a block of 4 digits. A new postal code system was introduced in June 2006, though the 4-digit format was maintained.

The first digit (which can be 0-9) represents a geographic region running from north to south in ascending order. The second and third digits reflect postal sort areas and delivery networks. The final digit represents a specific box lobby, rural delivery round or urban area.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

New Zealand - Postal code format graphic

New Zealand - Postal code format

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New Zealand - Postal code regular expression

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New Zealand - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 2nd February 2017

Refer to Exonyms in New Zealand for full lists of place names in New Zealand in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

New Zealand has 16 regions and one territory (shown with an asterisk), not used in addresses. These are:

    Auckland 
    Bay of Plenty 
    Canterbury 
    Chatham Islands  *
    Gisborne 
    Hawke’s Bay 
    Manawatu-Wanganui 
    Marlborough 
    Nelson 
    Northland 
    Otago 
    Southland 
    Taranaki 
    Tasman 
    Waikato 
    Wellington 
    West Coast 

Administrative districts graphic

New Zealand area codes for fixed geographic numbers (from abroad) are all 1 digit in length. Subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have a length of 8-10 digits and have the area code 2.