🇳🇿 Time in New Zealand

Q: What is the capital of New Zealand?

The capital of New Zealand is Wellington . Click through for the current local time in Wellington, plus sunrise, sunset and weather details for the capital.

Q: What are the largest cities in New Zealand?

The most populous cities in New Zealand include Auckland , Christchurch , Manukau City , Wellington and North Shore . Each city page shows current local time, sunrise/sunset, and weather.

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Thursday, 2 July 2026

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Capital City: Wellington

Largest Cities:

Auckland (Pop. 417,910)
Christchurch (Pop. 363,926)
Manukau City (Pop. 362,000)
Wellington (Pop. 212,000)
North Shore (Pop. 207,865)

ISO Alpha-2: NZ

ISO Alpha-3: NZL

IANA Time Zone: NZ (UTC+12:00)

Time Zones: NZDT, NZST

Regions in New Zealand

Auckland Bay of Plenty Canterbury Chatham Islands Gisborne Hawke's Bay Region Manawatu-Wanganui Marlborough Nelson Region Northland Otago Southland Taranaki Region Tasman District Waikato Region Wellington Region West Coast

Time Now in Major Cities in New Zealand

Auckland Thu 07:03:38
Christchurch Thu 07:03:38
Dunedin Thu 07:03:38
Lower Hutt Thu 07:03:38
Manukau City Thu 07:03:38
New Plymouth Thu 07:03:38
North Shore Thu 07:03:38
Palmerston North Thu 07:03:38
Tauranga Thu 07:03:38
Wellington Thu 07:03:38

City	Current Time
Auckland	Thu 07:03:38
Christchurch	Thu 07:03:38
Dunedin	Thu 07:03:38
Lower Hutt	Thu 07:03:38
Manukau City	Thu 07:03:38
New Plymouth	Thu 07:03:38
North Shore	Thu 07:03:38
Palmerston North	Thu 07:03:38
Tauranga	Thu 07:03:38
Wellington	Thu 07:03:38

Time Now in All IANA Timezones for New Zealand

NZ Thu 07:03:38
NZ-CHAT Thu 07:48:38
Pacific/Auckland Thu 07:03:38
Pacific/Chatham Thu 07:48:38

Timezone	Current Time
NZ	Thu 07:03:38
NZ-CHAT	Thu 07:48:38
Pacific/Auckland	Thu 07:03:38
Pacific/Chatham	Thu 07:48:38

Sunrise and Sunset in New Zealand (10 Locations)

Auckland

↑ 7:34 AM

↓ 5:15 PM
Christchurch

↑ 8:03 AM

↓ 5:03 PM
Dunedin

↑ 8:20 AM

↓ 5:03 PM
Lower Hutt

↑ 7:46 AM

↓ 5:01 PM
Manukau City

↑ 7:34 AM

↓ 5:14 PM
New Plymouth

↑ 7:43 AM

↓ 5:11 PM
North Shore

↑ 7:34 AM

↓ 5:15 PM
Palmerston North

↑ 7:41 AM

↓ 5:01 PM
Tauranga

↑ 7:31 AM

↓ 5:07 PM
Wellington

↑ 7:47 AM

↓ 5:02 PM

City	↑ Sunrise	↓ Sunset
Auckland	↑ 7:34 AM	↓ 5:15 PM
Christchurch	↑ 8:03 AM	↓ 5:03 PM
Dunedin	↑ 8:20 AM	↓ 5:03 PM
Lower Hutt	↑ 7:46 AM	↓ 5:01 PM
Manukau City	↑ 7:34 AM	↓ 5:14 PM
New Plymouth	↑ 7:43 AM	↓ 5:11 PM
North Shore	↑ 7:34 AM	↓ 5:15 PM
Palmerston North	↑ 7:41 AM	↓ 5:01 PM
Tauranga	↑ 7:31 AM	↓ 5:07 PM
Wellington	↑ 7:47 AM	↓ 5:02 PM

Current Weather in New Zealand (10 Locations)

City	Condition	Temp.

Information about New Zealand

Population	4,885,500
Area	268,680 km²
ISO Numeric Code	554
FIPS Code	NZ
Top Level Domain	.nz
Currency	Dollar (NZD)
Phone Prefix	+64
Country Code	+64
Postal Code Format	####
Postal Code Regex	`^(\d{4})$`
Languages	EN-NZ (en-NZ), MI (mi)

Upcoming Public Holidays in New Zealand

This year, New Zealand observes 13 public holidays, with 16 scheduled for 2027. The next holiday is Matariki on 10 Jul. The most recently passed holiday was King's Birthday. Explore the full calendar of Public Holidays in New Zealand to plan your schedule.

Matariki 10 Jul • Friday
Labour Day 26 Oct • Monday
Christmas Day 25 Dec • Friday
Boxing Day 26 Dec • Saturday
Boxing Day (observed) 28 Dec • Monday
New Year's Day 01 Jan • Friday
Day after New Year's Day 02 Jan • Saturday
Day after New Year's Day (observed) 04 Jan • Monday
Waitangi Day 06 Feb • Saturday
Waitangi Day (observed) 08 Feb • Monday

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FAQ — New Zealand

Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.

The clocks at the top of this page show the current local time in New Zealand, updated live. New Zealand uses NZ (NZST) — UTC+12:00.

New Zealand spans 4 time zones. The full list of time zones and the current local time in each is shown above on this page. Countries split into multiple time zones for geographic, political, or historical reasons — wider east-west spans usually mean more zones.

The capital of New Zealand is Wellington. Click through for the current local time in Wellington, plus sunrise, sunset and weather details for the capital.

The most populous cities in New Zealand include Auckland, Christchurch, Manukau City, Wellington and North Shore. Each city page shows current local time, sunrise/sunset, and weather.

New Zealand observes 13 public holidays this year. The full list — fixed and movable, religious and secular, national and regional — is on the New Zealand public holidays page.

New Zealand's ISO 3166-1 country codes are: alpha-2 code NZ and alpha-3 code NZL. These codes are used in address fields, web domains (ccTLD), phone country lookups, and any international data interchange referring to this country. The New Zealand calendar also uses these as identifiers.

🇳🇿 Time in New Zealand

Regions in New Zealand

Time Now in Major Cities in New Zealand

Time Now in All IANA Timezones for New Zealand

Sunrise and Sunset in New Zealand (10 Locations)

Current Weather in New Zealand (10 Locations)

Information about New Zealand

Upcoming Public Holidays in New Zealand

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