Geography of New Zealand an urban area. About percent of the population live in the 17 main urban areas (population of 30,000 or more) and percent live in the four largest cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, and Hamilton. New Zealand's peoples have been defined by their immigrant origin, the on going process of adaptation to a new land, being changed and changing those who came before. This process has lead to a distinct distribution of culture across New Zealand. Here language and religion are used as markers for the far richer concept of culture. These metrics unfortunately exclude the political rural-urban divide and also
Regional parks of New Zealand Plenty Regional Council. The regional parks in the Wellington region are administered by the Greater Wellington Regional Council. The regional parks in the Canterbury region are administered by Canterbury Regional Council (Ecan). Regional parks of New Zealand Regional parks of New Zealand are administered by regional councils, the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 29 regional parks in the Auckland Region administered by Auckland Council. They were administered by the Auckland Regional Council until 2010, when it was replaced by Auckland Council. Note: One Regional Park is a stadium (Mt Smart), one is a botanic garden,