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Most international cities in New Zealand

Queenstown, New Zealand has the highest foreign-resident share of the 23 cities compared: 40.2 % (Stats NZ, 2023-12-31).

New Zealand cities ranked by the published share of foreign residents; definitions remain source-specific.

Items compared
23
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-08-03

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

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Original rankCity or placeSource and scope
1Queenstown, New Zealand40.2 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
2Wellington, New Zealand34.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
3Hamilton, New Zealand30.1 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
4Christchurch, New Zealand27.8 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
5Lower Hutt, New Zealand27.6 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
6Nelson, New Zealand26.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
7Porirua, New Zealand25.9 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
8Tauranga, New Zealand25.2 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
9Upper Hutt, New Zealand23.3 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
10Palmerston North, New Zealand21.8 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
11Dunedin, New Zealand21.1 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
12Ashburton, New Zealand20.6 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
13Hastings, New Zealand19.1 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
14Whangarei, New Zealand18.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
15Napier, New Zealand17.9 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
16Rotorua, New Zealand17.9 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
17Taupo, New Zealand17.8 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
18New Plymouth, New Zealand17 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
19Timaru, New Zealand16 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
20Invercargill, New Zealand14.8 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
21Masterton, New Zealand14.6 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
22Whanganui, New Zealand13.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
23Gisborne, New Zealand11.6 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Queenstown, New Zealand leads at 40.2 %.
  • Gisborne, New Zealand sits at the other end with 11.6 %.
  • The middle of this ranking is 20.6 %, across 23 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 28.6 %.

Quick answer

What does Most international cities in New Zealand show?

Queenstown, New Zealand has the highest foreign-resident share of the 23 cities compared: 40.2 % (Stats NZ, 2023-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published foreign-resident share observation measured in %, ranked highest first. The values were observed in 2023. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
23 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2023-12-31
Last checked
2026-08-03
With an official source link
23 of 23

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, August 3). Most international cities in New Zealand [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f4bfa36dee7abac97a5addd3498b0555]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/new-zealand-most-international-cities/ Retrieved 2026-08-03. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_most-international-cities-in-new-zealand_432279ffc4c1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Most international cities in New Zealand},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-08-03},
  version = {f4bfa36dee7abac97a5addd3498b0555},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/new-zealand-most-international-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-08-03. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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