Notice Type
Secondary Legislation
Notice Title

Maximum Numbers of Approved Smoked Tobacco Retail Premises Permitted in Areas of New Zealand

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/