The following is a list of the names of the main streets of New Zealand's cities, and of the larger towns in New Zealand known unofficially as cities (see List of cities in New Zealand for explanation). In some cases, it is difficult to ascertain the single main street of a city - especially in the larger cities - and in these cases two or more main streets have been listed.

Main Street is defined as "... the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in many parts of the world. It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in the city centre, and is most often used in reference to retailing."

Auckland City

Auckland City

Auckland City was the city and local authority covering the Auckland isthmus and most of the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, in the North Island of New Zealand. On 1 November 2010 it was amalgamated into the wider Auckland Region under the authority of the new Auckland Council...

CBD: Queen Street

Queen Street, Auckland

Queen Street is the major commercial thoroughfare in the Auckland CBD, Auckland, New Zealand's main population centre. It starts at Queens Wharf on the Auckland waterfront, adjacent to the Britomart Transport Centre and the Downtown Ferry Terminal, and runs uphill for almost three kilometres in a...

, Karangahape Road

Karangahape Road

Karangahape Road is one of the main streets in the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand. The massive expansion of motorways through the nearby inner city area - and subsequent flight of residents and retail into the suburbs - turned it from one of Auckland's premier shopping streets...

, Hobson Street (one way), Wellesley Street, Victoria Street, Symonds Street, Bond Street, Newton Road, Customs Street, Fanshawe Street

East: Great South Road

Great South Road, New Zealand

The Great South Road was the northern section of the earliest highway between Auckland and Wellington, in the North Island of New Zealand. Construction of the Great South Road began in 1861 during the New Zealand Wars...

, Tamaki Drive, Penrose Road, Waipuna Road, Ellerslie-Panmure Highway, Panama Road, Lunn Avenue, Abbotts Way, Remuera Road, Broadway (Newmarket), Green Lane West, Manukau Road, College Road, Hugh Watt Drive (Motorway), Mt Wellington Highway, Atkinson Avenue

West: Great North Road, New North Road, Balmoral Road, Dominion Road

Dominion Road

Dominion Road is an arterial road in Auckland, New Zealand, running north-south across most of the central Isthmus. The road is also a major public transport route which carries 50,000 bus passengers each week, making it one of the few roads in Auckland on which similar or greater numbers of people...

, Hillsborough Road, Mt Eden Road, Mt Albert Road, White Swan Road, Carrington Road, Pt Chevalier Road, Ponsonby Road, Queenstown Road, Pah Road

Manukau

Manukau

Manukau City was a large territorial authority in Auckland, New Zealand. The city was sometimes referred to as South Auckland, but this term did not possess official recognition and did not encompass areas like East Auckland, which was previously within the official boundaries of Manukau City...

Wiri Station Road, Puhinui Road, Roscommon Road, Mahia Road, Weymouth Road, Redoubt Road, Cavendish Drive, Ronwood Avenue, Lambie Drive, Te Irirangi Drive, Highbrook Drive, Pakuranga Road, South Western Arterial, Ti Rakau Drive, East Tamaki Road, Botany Road, Springs Road, Prestons Road, Bairds Road Great South Road
(also Papakura

Papakura

The Papakura District was the name of a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that existed from 1989 until 2010. The area made up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area....

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North Shore

Lake Road, Taharoto Road, Wairau Road, Target Road, Northcote Road, Mokoia Road, Glenfield Road, Esmonde Road, Beach Road, East Coast Road, Albany Expressway

Waitakere

Waitakere

Waitakere City was the name of a city which existed from 1989 until 2010 in the Auckland region. It was New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%...

Great North Road, Lincoln Road, Royal Road, Universal Drive, Edmonton Road, Te Atatu Road, Clark Avenue, Rankin Avenue, Totara Avenue, West Coast Road.

Hamilton

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

Central: Victoria Street, Anglesea Street, Ward Street, Alexandra Street

East: Grey St, Clyde St, Peachgrove Road, Cobham Drive, Wairere Drive

West: Kahikatea Drive, Greenwood St, Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Road

Hastings

Hastings, New Zealand

The city of Hastings is a major urban settlement in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, and it is the largest settlement by population in Hawke's Bay. Hastings city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District...

CBD: Heretaunga Street

Heretaunga Street

Heretaunga Street is the main East-West artery through Hastings City in New Zealand.-Road Size:It starts in Havelock North where it goes under the name Havelock Road, and runs for 2.3 km until it officially goes by the name Heretaunga Street; it then runs for another until it stops at...

, Russell Street, Omahu Road, Saint Aubyn Street, Napier-Hastings Expressway

North (Flaxmere): Flaxmere Ave, Wilson Road, Henderson Road, Chatham Road

South (Havelock North): Havelock Road, Main Street, Te Mata Peak, Tennyson Street

Napier

Napier, New Zealand

Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...

Marine Parade, Tennyson Street, Dickens Street, West Quay, Nelson Quay Kennedy Road, Taradale Road, Emerson Street, Napier-Hastings Expressway

New Plymouth

New Plymouth

New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....

Devon Street (also the longest urban street in New Zealand), Elliot Street, Coronation Avenue, St Aubyn Street, Northgate.

Palmerston North

Palmerston North

Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...

CBD: Main Street (East & West), The Square, Broadway Avenue, College Street, Featherston Street, Grey Street, Princess Street, Church Street, Fitzherbert Avenue, Rangitikei Street, Ferguson Street, Victoria Avenue, Walding Street, Bourke Street, Pitt Street

North: Tremaine Avenue, Rangitikei Street, Rangitikei Line, Milson Line, Railway Road

South: Fitzherbert Avenue, Park Road, Summerhill Drive, Te Awe Awe Street, Tennent Drive, Fitzherbert East Road, Old West Road, Aokautere Drive

East: Napier Road, Tremaine Avenue, John F Kennedy Drive, Albert Street, Ruahine Street, Vogel Street

West: Pioneer Highway, Maxwells Line, Botanical Road

Tauranga

Tauranga

Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...

/Mount Maunganui

Mount Maunganui

Mount Maunganui is a town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, located on a peninsula to the north of Tauranga. It was independent from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988....

CBD: Cameron Road (north), Elizabeth Street, Devonport Road, Waihi Road, 15th Avenue, 13th avenue, 11th Avenue, Chapel Street, Tauranga Harbour Bridge, The Strand

North: Marine Parade, Hewletts Road, Maunganui Road, Totara Street, Maunganui Road

East: Domain Road, Owens Place,Welcome Bay Rd,Maungatapu Rd, Girven Road

South: Chadwick Road, Oropi Road, Fraser Street,Lakes Bolavard, Cameron Road(south)

West: Moffat Road, Bethlehem Road, Otumoetai Road, Grange Road, Cambridge Road, Bellvue Road

Express/Highways: Takitimu Drive, Route K

Wellington City

Wellington City

Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Wellington city extends as far north as Linden, and includes the rural areas of Makara and Ohariu. It is New Zealand's third-largest city, behind Auckland and Christchurch.Wellington attained city status in...

The Golden Mile: Lambton Quay, Willis Street

Willis Street

Willis Street is located at the heart of the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.Willis Street is one of the four 'quarters' of downtown Wellington, .The two tallest buildings in Wellington, the BNZ Tower and the Majestic Centre, are both located on Willis Street....

, Manners Street, Courtenay Place

Courtenay Place, Wellington

Courtenay Place is the main street of the Courtenay Quarter in the Wellington, New Zealand inner-city district of Te Aro.Courtenay Place is known for its entertainment and nightlife. Many restaurants are open late and most of the bars stay open until dawn...

Porirua

Porirua

Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...

Titahi Bay Road (skirts south and west of business district); Lyttelton Avenue (through middle)

Blenheim

Blenheim, New Zealand

Blenheim is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the regional council. It has a population of The area which surrounds the town is well known as a centre of New Zealand's wine industry...

Market Street, Main Street, High Street, Maxwell Road, Seymour Street, Grove Road, Sinclair Street, Nelson Street

Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

CBD: Colombo Street

Colombo Street

Colombo Street is a main road of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It runs south-north through the centre of Christchurch with a break at Cathedral Square. As with many other central Christchurch streets, it is named for a colonial Anglican bishopric, Colombo, in what at the time was known as...

, Worcester Street (these two orthogonal streets cross at Cathedral Square

Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Cathedral Square, locally known simply as the Square, is the geographical centre and heart of Christchurch, New Zealand, where the city's Anglican cathedral, ChristChurch Cathedral is located...

), Hereford Street, Cashel Street, Gloucester Street, Manchester Street, Montreal Street, Durham Street, Oxford Terrace, Cambridge Terrace, Tuam Street, Lichfield Street, Madras Street, Armagh Street, Barbadoes Street, Kilmore Street

North: Main North Road, Bealey Avenue, Marshland Road, Cranford Street, Sherborne Street, Innes Road, Papanui Road, Wairakei Road, Harewood Road

South: Moorhouse Avenue, Main South Road, Lincoln Road, Brougham Street, Opawa Road, Port Hills Road, Hoon Hay Road

West: Deans Avenue, Riccarton Road, Blenheim Road, Memorial Avenue, Springs Road, Fendalton Road, West Coast Road

East: Fitzgerald Avenue, Ferry Road, Pages Road, Dyers Road, Anzac Drive, New Brighton Road, Wainoni Road, Buckleys Road, Aldwins Road, Linwood Avenue

Dunedin

Dunedin

Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

CBD: George Street

George Street, Dunedin

George Street is the main street of Dunedin, the second largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. It runs for two and a half kilometres north-northeast from The Octagon in the city centre to the foot of Pine Hill. It is straight and undulates gently as it skirts the edge of the hills to its...

, Princes Street

Princes Street, Dunedin

Princes Street is a major street in Dunedin, the second largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. It runs south-southwest for two kilometres from The Octagon in the city centre to the Oval sports ground, close to the city's Southern Cemetery...

 (basically the same street, separated by the city centre (The Octagon

The Octagon, Dunedin

The Octagon is the city centre of Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand.-Features:The Octagon is an eight sided plaza bisected by the city's main street, which is called George Street to the northeast and Princes Street to the southwest...

)), Castle Street, Cumberland Street, Great King Street, Stuart Street

Stuart Street, Dunedin

Stuart Street is one of the main streets of Dunedin, New Zealand. As with many of Dunedin's streets, it is named after a main street in Edinburgh, Scotland....

, Moray Place

Moray Place, Dunedin

Moray Place is an octagonal street which surrounds the city centre of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. The street is intersected by Stuart Street , Princes Street and George Street...

, Rattray Street, High Street, Hanover Street, Frederick Street, Crawford Street

North: North Road, Pine Hill Road, Opoho Road

South: King Edward Street, Prince Albert Road, South Road, Caversham Valley Road, Hillside Road, Bay View Road, Forbury Road, Victoria Road

East: Portsmouth Drive, Andersons Bay Road (close to harbour end); Portobello Road, Highcliff Road (south of harbour); Ravensbourne Road (north of harbour)

West: Mornington Road, Kaikorai Valley Road, Mailer Street, Highgate, Taieri Road, Brockville Road

Invercargill

Invercargill

Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...

Dee Street, Tay Street, Herbert Street, Queens Drive, Tweed Street, Elles Road, Clyde Street, Esk Street, Spey Street

Nelson

Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....

Trafalgar Street, Hardy Street, Rutherford Street, Bridge Street, Halifax Street, Collingwood Street, Queen Elizabeth II Drive, Whakatu Drive

Timaru

Timaru

TimaruUrban AreaPopulation:27,200Extent:Former Timaru City CouncilTerritorial AuthorityName:Timaru District CouncilPopulation:42,867 Land area:2,736.54 km² Mayor:Janie AnnearWebsite:...

Stafford Street, Dee Street, King Street, North Street, Evans Street, Hilton Highway, Wai-iti Road, Church Street, Theodosia Street, Craigie Avenue, Selwyn Street, Otipua Road, Pages Road.