New Zealand Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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New Zealand Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in New Zealand. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.
New Zealand - Address Format
An address format in New Zealand contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- Street name and House number
- Suburb (only in urban areas)
- City Name and Postal Code (4 digits)
- Country – NEW ZEALAND (in all caps)
John Smith
16 William Street
Hataitai
Wellington 6021
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
12 Mokonui Street
Te Anau 9600
NEW ZEALAND
Example 2:
New Zealand Post Office
280 Apirana Avenue
Glen Innes
Auckland 1072
NEW ZEALAND
Postal and Country Information for New Zealand
| Country/territory name | New Zealand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: NZ ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: NZL ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 554 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 17 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | Postal code | |||||
| Postal code format | 9999 | |||||
| Population | 5 290 577 | |||||
| Total land area | 267 946km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for New Zealand Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate New Zealand addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for New Zealand, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Address Database to validate Street Names, Suburbs, Cities, and Postal Codes in New Zealand
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Suburbs, Cities and Postal Codes in New Zealand
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in New Zealand segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in New Zealand using:
- Street column to validate Street names
- Suburb column to validate Suburbs (only in urban areas)
- Post_Town column to validate City names
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Explore our New Zealand address database.