This is a list of twin towns and sister cities (see town twinning) in the South Island.
Contents
Auckland
– : Brisbane, Australia
– : Guangzhou, China
–: Fukuoka, Japan
–: Shinagawa, Japan
–: Hamburg, Germany
–: Tomioka, Japan
–: Busan, South Korea
–: Los Angeles, California, United States
Cambridge, Waipa District
–: Bihoro, Hokkaido, Japan
–: Le Quesnoy, France
Carterton District
–: Carterton, Australia
–: Carterton, England, UK
Central Hawkes Bay District
–: Leeton, Australia
Gisborne
–: Palm Desert, California, United States
–: Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan
–: Gisborne, Victoria, Australia
Hamilton
–: Guilin, China
–: Sacramento, California, United States
–: Wuxi, China
–: Saitama, Japan
Hastings
–: Guilin, China
Hutt City
–: Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
–: Xian, China
–: Minoh, Japan
–: Tempe, Arizona, United States
Kerikeri
–: Yuasa, Japan
Manukau City
–: Utsunomiya, Japan
Napier
–: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
–: Lianyungang, China
–: Tomakomai, Japan
New Plymouth
–: Mishima, Japan
–: Kunming, China
North Shore
–: Taichung, Taiwan
Palmerston North
–: Guiyang, China
–: Missoula, United States
Porirua
–: Blacktown, Australia
–: Yangzhou, China
–: Whitby, England,UK
–: Nishio, Aichi, Japan
Rotorua
–: Lake Macquarie, Australia
–: Wuxian City, China
–: Beppu, Japan
–: Klamath Falls, United States
Taupo
–: Hakone, Japan
–: Noumea, New Caledonia (sui generis collectivity of France)
–: Suzhou, China
–: Xi'an, China
Tokoroa
–: Winston, Oregon, United States
Upper Hutt
–: Mesa, Arizona, United States
Waitakere
–: Ningbo, China
–: Kakogawa, Japan
–: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Waitomo District
–: Tatsuno, Japan
Whanganui
–: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
–: Nagaizumi, Japan
Warkworth
–: Warkworth, Northumberland, England, UK
–: Furudono, Fukushima, Japan
–: Warkworth, Ontario, Canada (2003)
Wellington
–: Sydney, Australia
–: Beijing, China
–: Xiamen, China
–: Harrogate, England, UK
–: Hania, Greece
–: Sakai, Japan
Whangarei
–: Redmond, Oregon, United States