Places to live

Each NZ city has a unique nature, job scene, climate, location and even culture – surprising, given our small size of 5 million people or NZ’s 150 years of immigration, but not so surprising given our geography and settlement patterns eg,  Oamaru – Victorian Stone buildings, Napier - Art Deco buildings, wine and farming, Wellington - the café capital with food, politics, head offices, film industry, Palmerston North - Farming, Education and transport node, Christchurch - our most English city, launch point to Antarctica and south island tourism, Auckland – NZ’s main immigration gateway, the world’s largest Polynesian city and NZ's largest manufacturing city, Tauranga – NZ’s biggest Port, Horticulture, Forestry, Tourism, Dairy, Rotorua -  Maori culture, Volcanic and tourism,  Dannevirke and Norsewood - Scandinavian immigration, Akaroa - French Settlement, New Plymouth - Oil and Gas, Dairy farming, Taupo - Volcanic plateau, forestry and trout fishing, Queenstown – some of the worlds best scenery and natural attractions from fiords to golf and ski fields, Westport and Greymouth gold, coal mining, Frans Joseph and Fox – accessible glaciers ; and the list goes on with the varying nature of towns and cities all with their unique histories and geographical features.

New Zealand's cities in terms of size are

1. Auckland (1.5 Million people) ...
2. Wellington (490,000 people) ...
3. Christchurch (360,000 people) ...
4. Hamilton (230,000 people) ...
5. Tauranga (135,000 people) ...
6. Napier / Hastings (130,000 people) ...
7. Dunedin (120,000 people) ...
8. Palmerston North (85,000 people)

Over the years Sabre/New Zealand Opportunities have recruited into the above cities - excluding Dunedin and adding Taupo (23,900 people and NZ’s 20^th biggest urban area) and Gisborne (33,700 people and NZ's 17th biggist city)

Discover New Zealand cities

Auckland Christchurch  Tauranga Taupo  Gisborne  Wellington