ISO 3166-2:NZ explained

ISO 3166-2:NZ is the entry for New Zealand in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166.

Currently for New Zealand, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 16 regions and 1 special island authority

Some New Zealand outlying islands that are outside the authority of any regions are not assigned codes, specifically:

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of New Zealand. The second part is three letters: regions and special island authority.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:

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CodeSubdivision name (en)Subdivision name (mi)Subdivision category
AucklandTāmaki-Makaurauregion
Bay of PlentyToi Moanaregion
CanterburyWaitaharegion
Chatham Islands TerritoryWharekaurispecial island authority
GisborneTe Tairāwhitiregion
Greater WellingtonTe Pane Matua Taiaoregion
Hawke's BayTe Matau-a-Māuiregion
Manawatū-WhanganuiManawatū Whanganuiregion
Marlboroughregion
NelsonWhakatūregion
NorthlandTe Tai tokerauregion
OtagoŌ Tākouregion
SouthlandTe Taiao Tongaregion
TaranakiTaranakiregion
TasmanTe tai o Aorereregion
WaikatoWaikatoregion
West CoastTe Tai o Poutiniregion

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages, update of the administrative structure and of the list sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
Chatham Islands Territory
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2014-11-03Change subdivision category of NZ-AUK(TBD)
2015-11-27Deletion of all unitary authorities; deletion of islands NZ-N, NZ-S; Change of subdivision name of NZ-GIS, NZ-MBH, NZ-NSN, NZ-TAS, change of subdivision category from regional council to region; update List Source(TBD)
2022-11-29Change of subdivision name of NZ-AUK, NZ-BOP, NZ-STL, NZ-GIS, NZ-HKB, NZ-NTL, NZ-WTC in mri; Change of subdivision name of NZ-WGN, NZ-MWT in eng and mri; Addition of subdivision name for NZ-WKO in eng; Addition of subdivision name for NZ-TAS in mri; Update List Source(TBD)
2023-11-23Deletion of the space before the dash of NZ-AUK in mriSubdivision changed:

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