22:5822:58, 16 October 2023diffhist+31
CANZUK
→Country comparison: Christchurch should be here as well. Very similar population to Wellington area (and actually the 'urban area' city population is much lower in Wellington, Wellington only beats it by including Porirua and Hutt City). In any case, the next most populous cities in NZ are much smaller (~150k), so this is a natural threshold for inclusion.
22:5822:58, 16 October 2023diffhist+31
CANZUK
→Country comparison: Christchurch should be here as well. Very similar population to Wellington area (and actually the 'urban area' city population is much lower in Wellington, Wellington only beats it by including Porirua and Hutt City). In any case, the next most populous cities in NZ are much smaller (~150k), so this is a natural threshold for inclusion.