Address Guidelines for New Zealand

Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode. For additional information about New Zealand addresses, see the New Zealand Post website: http://www.nzpost.co.nz/.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain either a city or a postal code.
• Aliases for suburbs—The geocoder supports locally used suburb names in addition to the officially recognized suburb names. For example, Rosedale is an alias of the official suburb name of Hargest.
• Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output.
• Common words and abbreviations—The geocoder recognizes common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully.
• Numbers, numeric equivalents, and ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses.