Pursuant to section 20M of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990, I, Dr Diana Sarfati, Director-General of Health, determine that the maximum number of smoked tobacco retail premises in New Zealand is five hundred and ninety-nine (599).
These approved smoked tobacco retail premises are permitted in areas as specified in the following tables.
Urban Areas
Area |
Number |
Area |
Number |
Auckland |
25 |
New Plymouth |
5 |
Airside - Auckland International Airport |
1 |
Ngāruawāhia |
2 |
Airside - Christchurch International Airport |
1 |
Ngongotahā |
2 |
Airside - Queenstown International Airport |
1 |
Oamaru |
3 |
Airside - Wellington International Airport |
1 |
Ōhope |
1 |
Alexandra |
2 |
Omokoroa |
1 |
Amberley |
1 |
One Tree Point |
1 |
Arrowtown |
1 |
Ōpōtiki |
2 |
Ashburton |
3 |
Ōtaki |
1 |
Ashhurst |
1 |
Ōtaki Beach |
1 |
Balclutha |
2 |
Otorohanga |
1 |
Beachlands-Pine Harbour |
2 |
Oxford |
1 |
Blenheim |
4 |
Paekākāriki |
1 |
Bluff |
1 |
Paeroa |
2 |
Brightwater |
1 |
Pahiatua |
1 |
Bulls |
1 |
Paihia/Kawakawa/Moerewa |
2 |
Cambridge |
3 |
Palmerston North |
6 |
Carterton |
1 |
Paraparaumu |
3 |
Christchurch |
13 |
Pegasus |
1 |
Clive |
1 |
Picton |
1 |
Coromandel |
1 |
Pōkeno |
1 |
Cromwell |
2 |
Porirua |
6 |
Dannevirke |
2 |
Prebbleton |
1 |
Darfield |
1 |
Pukekohe |
3 |
Dargaville |
2 |
Putāruru |
2 |
Dunedin |
6 |
Queenstown |
2 |
Edgecumbe |
1 |
Raglan |
1 |
Eltham |
1 |
Rangiora |
3 |
Featherston |
1 |
Renwick |
1 |
Feilding |
3 |
Richmond |
2 |
Foxton |
1 |
Riverhead |
1 |
Foxton Beach |
1 |
Rolleston |
2 |
Geraldine |
1 |
Rotorua |
6 |
Gisborne |
5 |
Ruakākā |
1 |
Gore |
2 |
Snells Beach |
1 |
Greymouth |
2 |
Stratford |
2 |
Greytown |
1 |
Taihape |
1 |
Hamilton |
9 |
Taumarunui |
2 |
Hastings |
5 |
Taupō |
4 |
Havelock North |
3 |
Tauranga |
8 |
Hāwera |
2 |
Te Anau |
1 |
Helensville |
1 |
Te Aroha |
1 |
Hibiscus Coast |
4 |
Te Awamutu |
2 |
Hokitika |
1 |
Te Kauwhata |
1 |
Huntly |
2 |
Te Kuiti |
2 |
Inglewood |
1 |
Te Puke |
2 |
Invercargill |
5 |
Temuka |
1 |
Kaiapoi |
2 |
Thames |
2 |
Kaikohe |
2 |
Timaru |
4 |
Kaikōura |
1 |
Tokoroa |
3 |
Kaitaia |
2 |
Tuakau |
2 |
Katikati |
1 |
Turangi |
1 |
Kawerau |
2 |
Upper Hutt |
4 |
Kerikeri |
2 |
Waiheke West |
2 |
Kihikihi |
1 |
Waihi |
2 |
Kumeū-Huapai |
1 |
Waihi Beach-Bowentown |
1 |
Lake Hāwea |
1 |
Waikanae |
2 |
Lake Hayes |
1 |
Waimate |
1 |
Leeston |
1 |
Waipawa |
1 |
Levin |
3 |
Waipukurau |
1 |
Lincoln |
1 |
Wairoa |
2 |
Lower Hutt |
7 |
Waitara |
2 |
Lyttelton |
1 |
Waiuku |
2 |
Mangawhai Heads |
1 |
Wakefield |
1 |
Maraetai |
1 |
Wānaka |
2 |
Martinborough |
1 |
Warkworth |
1 |
Marton |
2 |
Wellington |
8 |
Masterton |
3 |
Wellsford |
1 |
Matamata |
2 |
West Melton |
1 |
Methven |
1 |
Westport |
2 |
Milton |
1 |
Whakatāne |
3 |
Morrinsville |
2 |
Whangamatā |
1 |
Mosgiel |
2 |
Whanganui |
5 |
Motueka |
2 |
Whangārei |
5 |
Murupara |
1 |
Whitianga |
2 |
Napier |
6 |
Winton |
1 |
Nelson |
4 |
Woodend |
1 |
Total Urban |
|
354 |
Rural Areas
Area |
Number |
Northland (Te Tai Tokerau) |
18 |
Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) |
4 |
Waikato |
43 |
Bay of Plenty (Te Moana a Toi-te-Huatahi) |
23 |
Tairāwhiti/Hawkes Bay (Te Matau-a-Māui) |
20 |
Taranaki |
9 |
Manawatū/Whanganui |
21 |
Wairarapa/Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) |
2 |
Nelson (Whakatū)/ Marlborough (Te Tauihu-o-te-waka) |
7 |
Tasman (Te Tai o Aorere)/West Coast (Te Tai Poutini) |
26 |
Canterbury (Waitaha) |
22 |
Otago (Ōtākou)/ Southland (Murihiku) |
47 |
Chatham Islands (Wharekauri / Rēkohu) |
1 |
Great Barrier Island (Aotea) |
1 |
Stewart Island (Rakiura) |
1 |
Total Rural |
245 |
Total Urban + Rural |
599 |
Urban areas are per Stats NZ layer 111198 (Urban-Rural 2023 generalised) |
https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111198-urban-rural-2023-generalised/ |
International Airports are located in the Auckland Airport, Rongotai, Christchurch Airport, and Frankton areas per Stats NZ layer 111227 (Statistical Area 2 2023 generalised), in meshblocks 0727200, 2175700, 2494000, and 3038305 respectively per Stats NZ layer 111228 (Meshblock 2023 generalised). Only airside stores will be considered under the specific duty-free allocation. |
https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111227-statistical-area-2-2023-generalised/ https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111228-meshblock-2023-generalised/ |
Rural areas are per Stats NZ layer 111182 (Regional Council 2023 generalised) |
https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111182-regional-council-2023-generalised/ |