New Zealand Australia/OceaniaNew Zealand Current Local Time & Date, Time Zone and Time Difference

2 Time ZonesUTC+12 ... UTC+12:45

A beautiful, stylish variant of the world map - the dotted world map - in which New Zealand is highlighted by a large blue dot.
A beautiful, stylish variant of the world map - the dotted world map - in which New Zealand is highlighted by a large blue dot.

How many time zones does New Zealand have?

New Zealand has 2 time zones and a time difference from UTC+12 to UTC+12:45.

2 Time Zones

Major Cities in New Zealand

location_onAuckland 1,530,500 People
location_onChristchurch (Canterbury) 412,000 People
location_onWellington (Wellington Region) 381,900 People
location_onManukau City (Auckland) 362,000 People
location_onNorth Shore (Auckland) 258,697 People
location_onHamilton (Waikato Region) 189,700 People
location_onTauranga (Bay of Plenty) 155,200 People
location_onDunedin (Otago) 131,800 People
location_onLower Hutt (Wellington Region) 113,400 People
location_onPalmerston North (Manawatu-Wanganui) 91,300 People
location_onNew Plymouth (Taranaki Region) 90,300 People
location_onHastings (Hawke's Bay Region) 89,200 People
location_onNapier (Hawke's Bay Region) 66,800 People
location_onRotorua (Bay of Plenty) 65,901 People
location_onPorirua (Wellington Region) 61,800 People
location_onInvercargill (Southland) 57,600 People
location_onPapatoetoe (Auckland) 54,780 People
location_onNelson (Nelson Region) 54,400 People
location_onWhangarei (Northland) 50,900 People
location_onWhanganui (Manawatu-Wanganui) 48,900 People
location_onUpper Hutt (Wellington Region) 47,500 People
location_onManurewa (Auckland) 40,480 People
location_onGisborne 38,300 People
location_onPapakura (Auckland) 35,580 People
location_onRolleston (Canterbury) 33,200 People
location_onBlenheim (Marlborough) 30,300 People
location_onParaparaumu (Wellington Region) 29,900 People
location_onTimaru (Canterbury) 29,400 People
location_onMasterton (Wellington Region) 28,700 People
location_onMangere East (Auckland) 28,540 People
location_onRemuera (Auckland) 27,600 People
location_onAvondale (Auckland) 26,930 People
location_onTaupo (Waikato Region) 26,600 People
location_onOtara (Auckland) 24,420 People
location_onNew Lynn (Auckland) 23,910 People
location_onMangere (Auckland) 23,790 People
location_onMassey East (Auckland) 22,210 People
location_onMassey (Auckland) 22,210 People
location_onPukekohe East (Auckland) 21,438 People
location_onAshburton (Canterbury) 21,300 People
location_onWainuiomata (Wellington Region) 20,250 People
location_onEpsom (Auckland) 20,200 People
location_onStoke (Nelson Region) 19,850 People
location_onLevin (Manawatu-Wanganui) 19,789 People
location_onRichmond (Tasman District) 19,700 People
location_onRangiora (Canterbury) 19,150 People
location_onHenderson (Auckland) 18,770 People
location_onWhakatane (Bay of Plenty) 18,602 People
location_onOtahuhu (Auckland) 17,780 People
location_onLincoln (Auckland) 17,240 People
location_onTe Atatu South (Auckland) 17,240 People

Time Zones (2)

Time Zone
Universal Time Coordinated
Current local time Major Cities in Time Zone
Pacific/
Auckland

UTC+12
8:29 am location_onAuckland location_onChristchurch location_onWellington
Pacific/
Chatham

UTC+12:45
9:14 am location_onWaitangi

New Zealand on the world map

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New Zealand is located in the South West of the Pacific Ocean. Its nearest neighbor is Australia which is approximately 1,500 kilometers west of New Zealand. The country is composed of a series of Island with the two biggest being the North Island and the South Island. The capital of New Zealand is Wellington which is located at the bottom of the North Island. New Zealand features two different time zones. The most populated North and South Islands use New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). This is twelve hours before Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC). The other time zone is Chatham Standard Time (CHAST) which is twelve hours and forty five minutes before UTC. Interestingly many locations on Antarctica also use NZST time including the Admunsden-Scott South Pole Station.

States in New Zealand