List of islands of New Zealand

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File:Rangitoto Island as seen from Mount Victoria Reserve in Devonport, North Shore City 20100128 1.jpg

Rangitoto Island (pictured in the distance) is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland.

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Whakaari / White Island in the Bay of Plenty

New Zealand consists of more than six hundred islands, mainly remnants of a larger land mass now beneath the sea.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> New Zealand is the sixth-largest island country, and the third-largest located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. The following is a list of islands of New Zealand.

The two largest islands – where most of the population lives – have names in both English and in the Māori language. They are the North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui and the South Island or Te Waipounamu.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Various Māori iwi sometimes use other names, with some preferring to call the South Island Te Waka o Aoraki.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The two islands are separated by the Cook Strait. In general practice, the term mainland refers to the North Island and South Island.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> However, the South Island alone is sometimes called "the mainland" – especially by its residents, as a nickname – because it is the larger of the two main islands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Refn

To the south of the South Island, Stewart Island / Rakiura is the largest of the smaller islands, and Waiheke Island in the urban Auckland Region has the largest population of the smaller islands.

Listed by size

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Rank	Name of island <ref group="Note">Name of the island as recognised by the New Zealand Geographic Board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In most cases this will be an official name, however some geographic features in New Zealand do not have official names. In these instances, the name in this column is the recorded name as per the NZGB. </ref>	Indigenous name <ref group="Note">Other island names used by Māori or Moriori. Names that form part of a dual name or are an official name are omitted. </ref>	Area (km²)Template:Citation needed	Area (sq mi)	% of NZ area
1	South Island or Te Waipounamu <ref group="Note">South Island and Te Waipounamu are both recognised as distinct official names. This is different to dual place names in which there is a single name consisting of both English and Māori origins. </ref>	Te Wahi Pounamu, Te Waka a Māui, Te Waka o Aoraki	Template:Convert	56.2%	Template:NZ population data 2018
2	North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui <ref group="Note">North Island and Te Ika-a-Māui are both recognised as distinct official names. This is different to dual place names in which there is a single name consisting of both English and Māori origins. </ref>	Aotearoa	Template:Convert	42.3%	Template:NZ population data 2018
3	Stewart Island / Rakiura	Te Punga o Te Waka-a-Māui	Template:Convert	0.6%	400
4	Chatham Island	Rekohu (Moriori); Wharekauri (Māori)	Template:Convert	0.3%	600
5	Auckland Island	Mauka Huka	Template:Convert	0.2%	0
6	Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island)		Template:Convert	0.1%	850
7	Resolution Island	Mauīkatau,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Tau Moana	Template:Convert	0.1%	0
8	Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D'Urville Island		Template:Convert	<0.1%	About 52<ref name="heritage">Gerard Hindmarsh (2006). Discovering D'Urville, Heritage New Zealand, Winter 2006.</ref>
9	Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku		Template:Convert	<0.1%	0
10	Adams Island		Template:Convert	<0.1%	0
11	Waiheke Island		Template:Convert	<0.1%	Template:NZ population data 2018
12	Secretary Island	Kā Tū-waewae-o-Tū	Template:Convert	<0.1%	0
13	Arapaoa Island		Template:Convert	<0.1%	50
14	Pitt Island (Rangiauria)	Rangiaotea (Moriori)	Template:Convert	<0.1%	38
15	Matakana Island		Template:Convert	<0.1%	225
16	Raoul Island	Rangitahua	Template:Convert	<0.1%	0
17	Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island	Hauturu	Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
18	Rangitoto Island		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
19	Antipodes Island		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
20	Kapiti Island		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
21	Kawau Island		Template:Convert	~0.0%	81
22	Long Island	Motu Roa	Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
23	Cooper Island	Ao-ata-te-pō	Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
24	Ponui Island / Chamberlins Island	Te Pounui-o-Peretū	Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
25	Great Mercury Island (Ahuahu)		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
26	Ruapuke Island		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
27	Motutapu Island		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
28	Codfish Island / Whenua Hou		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
29	Mayor Island / Tūhua		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
30	Coal Island	Te Puka-Hereka	Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
31	Anchor Island	Pukenui	Template:Convert	~0.0%	0
32	Mōtītī Island		Template:Convert	~0.0%	27
33	Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island		Template:Convert	~0.0%	0

Listed by highest point

The following table lists the islands of New Zealand by their highest elevation. These islands are all in harbours or the open sea. The country's tallest island within a lake, Pomona Island, rises to Template:Convert above sea level, which is about Template:Convert above Lake Manapouri's normal lake level.

Rank	Name of island	Highest point	Name of peak	Type of peak
1	South Island or Te Waipounamu	Template:Convert	Aoraki/Mount Cook	Tectonic
2	North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui	Template:Convert	Mount Ruapehu	Volcanic
3	Secretary Island	Template:Convert	Mount Grono	Tectonic
4	Resolution Island	Template:Convert	Mount Clerke	Tectonic
5	Stewart Island / Rakiura	Template:Convert	Mount Anglem / Hananui	Tectonic
6	Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D'Urville Island	Template:Convert	Takapōtaka / Attempt Hill	Tectonic
7	Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island	Template:Convert	Mount Hauturu	Volcanic
8	Adams Island	Template:Convert	Mount Dick	Volcanic
9	Auckland Island	Template:Convert	Cavern Peak	Volcanic
10	Great Barrier Island	Template:Convert	Mount Hobson	Tectonic
11	Long Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
12	Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku	Template:Convert	Mount Honey	Volcanic
13	Arapaoa Island	Template:Convert	Narawhia	Tectonic
14	Cooper Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
15	Kapiti Island	Template:Convert	Tuteremoana	Tectonic
16	Raoul Island	Template:Convert	Moumoukai Peak	Volcanic
17=	Anchor Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
17=	Taranga (Hen) Island	Template:Convert	The Pinnacles	Tectonic
19	Bauza Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
20	Maud Island/Te Hoiere	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
21	Antipodes Island	Template:Convert	Mount Galloway	Volcanic
22	Forsyth Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
23	Mayor Island / Tūhua	Template:Convert	Opuahau	Volcanic
24	Moutohora Island	Template:Convert	Motu Hara	Volcanic
25	Breaksea Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
26	Solander Island / Hautere	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Volcanic
27	Whakaari / White Island	Template:Convert	Mount Gisborne	Volcanic
28	Chatham Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Volcanic
29	Blumine Island / Oruawairua	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
30	Manawatāwhi/Great Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
31	Mangere Island (Chatham Islands)	Template:Convert	Whakapa	Tectonic
32	Stephens Island / Takapourewa	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
33	Rangitoto Island	Template:Convert	Rangitoto	Volcanic
34	Coal Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
35	Codfish Island / Whenua Hou	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
36	Nukuwaiata Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
37	Pitt Island / Rangiauria	Template:Convert	Waihere	Tectonic
38	Macauley Island	Template:Convert	Mount Haszard	Volcanic
39	Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
40	Whatupuke Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
41=	Great Mercury Island (Ahuahu)	Template:Convert	Mount Mohi	Volcanic
41=	Waiheke Island	Template:Convert	Maunganui	Tectonic
43	Jacquemart Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Volcanic
44	Wakaterepapanui Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
45	South East Island / Rangatira	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
46	Rakitu Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
47	Aorangi Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
48=	Cuvier Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
48=	Little Mangere Island	Template:Convert	Whakapa	Tectonic
50	Moekawa / South West Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
51	Bollons Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Volcanic
52	Indian Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
53	Tawhiti Rahi Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
54	Tinui Island (Rangitoto Islands)	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
55	Matapara / Pickersgill Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
56=	Great Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
56=	Kaikōura Island	Template:Convert	Mitre Peak	Tectonic
56=	Pearl Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
59	Coppermine Island	Template:Convert	Huarewa	Tectonic
60	Kawau Island	Template:Convert	Grey Heights	Tectonic
61	Te Kakaho Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
62	Motukawanui Island	Template:Convert	Maungapouri	Tectonic
63	Ōhau / West Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
64	Motutapere Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
65	Ponui Island	Template:Convert	Ponui	Tectonic
66	Motuoruhi Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
67	Lady Alice Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
68	The Castle / Rangiwheau	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
69	Long Island, Marlborough	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
70	Noble Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
71	Chalky Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic
72=	Red Mercury Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Volcanic
72=	Puangiangi Island	Template:Convert	Unnamed	Tectonic

In harbours and the open sea

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In rivers and lakes

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Arran Island (in Lake Te Anau)
Belle Vue Island (in Lake Manapouri)
Birch Island (in the Clutha River / Mata-Au)
Bird Island (in the Pōrangahau River)
Black Jacks Island (in Lake Benmore)
Budges Island (in Big Lagoon)
Bull Island (in Lake Wānaka)
Buncrana Island (in Lake Manapouri)
Bute Island (in Lake Te Anau)
Channel Islands (in Lake Manapouri)
Cumbrae Island (in Lake Te Anau)
Dome Islands (in Lake Te Anau)
Doubtful Island (in Lake Te Anau)
Centre Island
Entrance Island (in Lake Te Anau)
Erin Island (in Lake Te Anau)
Fereday Island (in the Rakaia River delta)
Harwich Island (in Lake Wānaka)
Hidden Island (in Lake Wakatipu)
Holmwood Island, (in Lake Manapouri)
Inch Clutha (in the Clutha / Mata-Au delta)
Junction Island (in Lake Benmore)
Karihoa Island (in Waikato River)
Kaiwaka No.1 Island (in Waikato River delta)
Kaiwaka No.2 Island (in Waikato River delta)
Lee Island (in Lake Te Anau)
Mahara Island (in Lake Manapouri)
Manutahi Island (in Waikato River)
Mary Island (in Lake Hauroko)
Mokoia Island (in Lake Rotorua)
Motakorea Island (in Waikato River)
Motuariki Island (in Lake Tekapo)
Motukakako Island (in Waikato River delta)
Motutaiko Island (in Lake Taupō)
Moutoa Island (in the Whanganui River)
Mou Tapu (in Lake Wānaka)
Mou Waho (in Lake Wānaka)
Motutieke Island (in Waikato River delta)
Namuheiriro Island (in Waikato River)
Ngāhinapōuri Island (in Waikato River delta)
Opuawhanga Island (in Waikato River)
Pigeon Island/Wāwāhi Waka (in Lake Wakatipu)
Pig Island/Mātau (in Lake Wakatipu)
Pomona Island (in Lake Manapouri)
Puehunui Island (in Waikato River delta)
Rabbit Island (Canterbury) (in Rakaia River)
Rakaia Island (in the Rakaia River delta)
Rangitata Island (in the Rangitata River delta)
Rona Island (in Lake Manapouri)
Ruby Island (in Lake Wānaka)
Silver Island (in Lake Hāwea)
Stevensons Island/Te Peka Karara (in Lake Wānaka)
Tarahanga Island (in Waikato River)
Tawanui Island (in Waikato River delta)
Te Kopura Island (in Waikato River)
Te Toki Island (in Waikato River)
Te Weranga Okapu Island (in Waikato River delta)
Tree Island (in Lake Wakatipu)
Whatamakiri Island (in Waikato River delta)

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Outlying

Template:Main New Zealand administers the following islands outside the main archipelago. Only the Chatham Islands have a permanent population although others also did in the past. Others host visitors for science, conservation, meteorological observation and tourism.