Looking for a JSON API covering cities in New Zealand? Geomelon has 4,009 of them, organized into 16 regions and searchable in 14 languages. Auckland tops the list by population (1,470,100).
Data updated: 2026-07-14
| City | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | Auckland Region | 1,470,100 |
| Christchurch | Canterbury Region | 383,200 |
| Wellington | Wellington Region | 216,200 |
| Hamilton | Waikato Region | 176,500 |
| Tauranga | Bay of Plenty Region | 151,300 |
| Lower Hutt | Wellington Region | 110,700 |
| Dunedin | Otago Region | 106,200 |
| Mount Roskill | Auckland Region | 96,913 |
| Palmerston North | Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 81,500 |
| Napier | Hawke's Bay Region | 66,300 |
GET /cities/search?countryCode=nz&sort=population_desc&limit=3
[
{
"id": "da8bf126-7853-4f56-9489-4702e902c173",
"name": "Auckland",
"population": 1470100,
"countryName": "New Zealand",
"countryCode": "NZ",
"countryEmoji": "🇳🇿",
"regionName": "Auckland Region"
},
{
"id": "f4cdd701-d02e-4a66-b33c-49b29e55f347",
"name": "Christchurch",
"population": 383200,
"countryName": "New Zealand",
"countryCode": "NZ",
"countryEmoji": "🇳🇿",
"regionName": "Canterbury Region"
},
{
"id": "c50b2b01-2577-46dd-a57b-19b0f31f1c39",
"name": "Wellington",
"population": 216200,
"countryName": "New Zealand",
"countryCode": "NZ",
"countryEmoji": "🇳🇿",
"regionName": "Wellington Region"
}
]curl --request GET \
--url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=nz&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
--header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
--header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'City names in New Zealand are available in 14 languages.
Prefer a static file? Download 547 New Zealand cities as JSON (82 KB, no API key) from the New Zealand cities dataset page.
Geomelon currently has 4,009 cities in New Zealand across 16 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.
Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.
Yes — city names in New Zealand are available in 14 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.
The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.