Grey District leads new car registrations

Growth was strong in the Far North district of Kaipara, where 475 new cars registered, an increase of 46 per cent on 2013. Photo / Mark Mitchell

If the rise in the number of new or New Zealand-new cars being registered is an indicator of a region's growth, then Grey District led the way in 2014.

More than 460 cars were registered for the first time in the West Coast region last year, up 47 per cent on 2013.

This number includes either new cars, or New Zealand new cars previously used overseas.

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Growth was also strong in the Far North district of Kaipara, where 475 new cars registered, an increase of 46 per cent on 2013.

Growth was also strong in more populated areas.

In Auckland, 103,000 new or New Zealand-new cars were registered, up 21 per cent on the year before. New Zealand's largest city accounted for close to half of all the cars first registered in this country in 2014.

However, on a per-capita basis, Christchurch had more new or New Zealand-new car registrations in the year.

The Garden City had 731 new or New Zealand-new car registrations for every 10,000 people living there. This compared to 672 per 10,000 people in Auckland.