Changes to Accommodation Supplement Areas

The tables below show the makeup of the Accommodation Supplement areas from 1 April 2018, and the current makeup of the areas.

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See the related links on the right for maps showing the new regions, and a comparison of the current urban areas alongside the new areas from 1 April 2018.

Accommodation Supplement Area 1

Area 1 from 1 April 2018

Area 1 means the following parts of New Zealand (as from time to time defined by the Government Statistician):
Arrowtown urban area	Kingseat area unit	Riverhead area unit
Bombay area unit	Mahurangi area unit (Previously Algies Bay - Mahurangi area unit)	Snells Beach urban area
Central Auckland urban zone	Muriwai Valley area unit	Southern Auckland urban zone
Clevedon area unit	Muriwai Beach area unit	Tahekeroa area unit
Glenbrook area unit	Northern Auckland urban zone	Tauranga urban area
Helensville urban area	Parakai Urban area unit (previously Parakai area unit)	Waiheke Island urban area
Helensville South area unit	Patumahoe area unit	Waitakere West area unit
Hunua area unit	Pokeno area unit	Waiuku urban area
Karekare area unit	Pukekohe urban area	Wanaka urban area
Kaukapakapa area unit	Queenstown urban area	Warkworth urban area
Kaukapakapa rural area unit (Previously Kaukapakapa area unit)	Rewiti area unit	Western Auckland urban zone

Current Area 1

Central Auckland urban zone
Northern Auckland urban zone.

Accommodation Supplement Area 2

Area 2 from 1 April 2018

Area 2 means the following parts of New Zealand (as from time to time defined by the Government Statistician)
Amberley urban area	Little Barrier Island area unit	Parakai Rural area unit (Previously Parakai area unit)
Ashburton urban area	Lower Hutt urban zone	Point Wells area unit (Previously Cape Rodney area unit)
Awhitu area unit	Makara–Ohariu area unit	Porirua urban zone
Blenheim urban area	Mangatawhiri area unit	Raglan urban area
Brightwater urban area	Mangawhai area unit	Rakaia urban area
Cambridge urban zone	Mangawhai Heads urban area	Rangiora urban area
Cape Rodney area unit	Mapua urban area	Rapaura area unit
Cape Rodney South area unit (Previously Cape Rodney area unit)	Maramarua area unit	Rolleston urban area
Christchurch urban area	Matakana area unit (Previously Cape Rodney area unit)	South Head area unit
Cromwell urban area	Matamata urban area	Tauhoa–Puhoi area unit
Darfield urban area	Matheson Bay area unit	Taupo urban area
Great Barrier Island area unit	Meremere area unit	Te Awamutu urban zone
Hamilton urban zone	Motueka urban area	Te Kauwhata urban area
Hastings urban zone	Moonshine Valley area unit	Te Puke Community urban area
Islands–Motutapu Rangitoto Rakino area unit	Napier urban zone	Upper Hutt urban zone
Kaiaua area unit (previously Mangatawhiri area unit)	Nelson urban area	Waihi Beach urban area
Kapiti urban area	New Plymouth urban area	Wakefield urban area
Katikati Community urban area	Ngunguru urban area	Wellington urban zone
Kawakawa-Orere area unit (Previously Clevedon area unit)	Omaha area unit (Previously Cape Rodney area unit)	Wellsford urban area
Kawau area unit	Onewhero area unit	Whangamata urban area
Kerikeri urban area	Otaua area unit	Whangarei urban area
Leeston urban area	Oxford urban area	Whitianga urban area
Leigh area unit	Paparata area unit (Previously Mangatawhiri area unit)	Woodend urban area
Lincoln urban area

Current Area 2

Algies Bay - Mahurangi area unit	Leigh area unit	Riverhead area unit
Arrowtown urban area	Little Barrier Island area unit	Snells Beach urban area
Awhitu area unit	Mangatawhiri area unit	South Head area unit
Bombay area unit	Maramarua area unit	Southern Auckland urban zone
Brightwater urban area	Matheson Bay area unit	Tahekeroa area unit
Cape Rodney area unit	Meremere area unit	Tauhoa–Puhoi area unit
Clevedon area unit	Muriwai Beach area unit	Tauranga urban area
Glenbrook area unit	Nelson urban area	Waiheke Island urban area
Great Barrier Island area unit	Onewhero area unit	Waiuku urban area
Helensville urban area	Otaua area unit	Wakefield urban area
Hunua area unit	Parakai area unit	Wanaka urban area
Islands–Motutapu, Rangitoto, Rakino area unit	Patumahoe area unit	Warkworth urban area
Karekare area unit	Pokeno area unit	Wellington urban zone
Kaukapakapa area unit	Pukekohe urban area	Wellsford urban area
Kawau area unit	Queenstown urban area	Western Auckland urban zone
Kingseat area unit	Rewiti area unit

Accommodation Supplement Area 3

Area 3 from 1 April 2018

Area 3 means the following parts of New Zealand (as from time to time defined by the Government Statistician)
Alexandra urban area	Kauwhata area unit	Pleasant Point urban area
Carterton urban area	Kawakawa urban area	Rotorua urban area
Cloustonville area unit	Levin urban area	Russell area unit (previously called Russell urban area)
Coromandel urban area	Mana Island area unit	Shannon urban area
Dargaville urban area	Mangaroa area unit	Taipa Bay-Mangonui urban area
Dunedin urban area	Martinborough urban area	Tairua urban area
Edgecumbe urban area	Masterton urban area	Takaka urban area
Feilding urban area	Maungakotukutuku area unit	Te Aroha urban area
Geraldine urban area	Methven urban area	Temuka urban area
Gisborne urban area	Morrinsville urban area	Thames urban area
Greymouth urban area	Ngatea urban area	Timaru urban area
Greytown urban area	Oamaru urban area	Tokomaru area unit
Hanmer Springs area unit (previously called Hanmer Springs urban area)	Opiki area unit	Tokorangi-hiwinui area unit
Hawera urban area	Otaki urban area	Twizel Community urban area
Hokitika urban area	Otorohanga urban area	Waihi urban area
Huntly urban area	Paekakariki Hill area unit	Waikouaiti urban area
Inglewood urban area	Paeroa urban area	Waipawa urban area
Kaikohe urban area	Paihia urban area	Waitara urban area
Kaikoura urban area	Palmerston North urban area	Whakatane urban area
Kaitaia urban area	Pencarrow area unit	Winton urban area
Kapiti Island area unit	Picton urban area

Current Area 3

Alexandra urban area	Lower Hutt urban zone	Rolleston urban area
Blenheim urban area	Makara–Ohariu area unit	Rotorua urban area
Cambridge urban zone	Mana Island area unit	Russell urban area
Christchurch urban area	Mangaroa area unit	Taipa Bay–Mangonui urban area
Cloustonville area unit	Matamata urban area	Tairua urban area
Cromwell urban area	Maungakotukutuku area unit	Takaka urban area
Darfield urban area	Motueka urban area	Taupo urban area
Dunedin urban area	Nabhra area unit	Te Awamutu urban zone
Feilding urban area	Napier urban zone	Te Puke Community urban area
Hamilton urban zone	New Plymouth urban area	Thames urban area
Hanmer Springs urban area	Opiki area unit	Tokomaru area unit
Hastings urban zone	Otaki urban area	Upper Hutt urban zone
Kaitaia urban area	Paekakariki Hill area unit	Waihi Beach urban area
Kapiti Island area unit	Paihia urban area	Whakatane urban area
Kapiti urban area	Palmerston North urban area	Whangamata urban area
Katikati Community urban area	Pencarrow area unit	Whangarei urban area
Kerikeri urban area	Porirua urban zone	Whitianga urban area
Leeston urban area	Raglan urban area	Woodend urban area
Lincoln urban area	Rangiora urban area

Accommodation Supplement Area 4

Area 4 means any part of New Zealand not included in Area 1, Area 2, or Area 3.

Regional maps

Maps of the new regions

Maps of North Island Accommodation Supplement Areas

Maps of South Island Accommodation Supplement Areas