Address Guidelines for New Zealand

Follow these guidelines to provide input that Geocode Address Global 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.