New Zealand has thirteen city councils but do we actually have that many cities?
What even is a city and how do we define it? According to Clause 16 of Schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 2002, a city council needs a population of at least 50,000.
Nick Brunsdon, Principal Economist and Lead Demographer at Infometrics, joins Emile to talk about who makes the cut.
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
