Aotearoa New Zealand / New Zealand

Administrative hierarchy of New Zealand: 17 regions, 68 districts. With coordinates (lat/lon) and bilingual names at every level.

17
Region (Region)
68
District (District)
85
Total Records
Coordinates
lat/lon at every level
Bilingual
Local script + English
JSON API
/api/v1/countries/nz.json
No Postal
Not available

Hierarchy

17 Region → 68 District

Region / Region

Name (Local) Name (EN) ID Coordinates Children
Northland Northland NZ01 -35.363, 173.761 3
Nelson Nelson NZ02 -41.104, 173.414 1
West Coast West Coast NZ03 -42.324, 171.531 3
Bay of Plenty Bay of Plenty NZ04 -38.089, 176.88 7
Canterbury Canterbury NZ05 -43.632, 171.638 10
Marlborough Marlborough NZ06 -41.448, 173.932 1
Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay NZ07 -39.532, 176.763 4
Taranaki Taranaki NZ08 -39.318, 174.218 3
Otago Otago NZ09 -45.745, 169.859 4
Southland Southland NZ10 -45.633, 167.504 3
Chatham Islands Chatham Islands NZ11 -44.078, -176.323 1
Tasman Tasman NZ12 -40.743, 172.845 1
Waikato Waikato NZ13 -37.878, 175.238 10
Wellington Wellington NZ14 -41.281, 175.329 8
Gisborne Gisborne NZ15 -38.34, 178.198 1
Auckland Auckland NZ16 -36.716, 174.685 1
Manawatu-Wanganui Manawatu-Wanganui NZ17 -39.855, 175.539 7

Data Access

GET /api/v1/countries/nz.json

Full dataset including all levels. CORS enabled, no auth required.

Download JSON API Docs

GitHub Repository

Full dataset with browsable hierarchy, aggregate files, and AI-friendly exports:

open-admin-data/new-zealand-administrative-divisions

Source

Who's On First
https://data.geocode.earth/wof/dist/shapefile/
License: CC BY