Population growth in the Queenstown-Lakes District is streaking ahead of all other parts of New Zealand

According to Stats NZ , the district grew by 8 percent, or almost four-thousand people, in the year to the end of June.

Selwyn's had the second-highest increase at 5.2 percent and the Mackenzie comes in third, with 3.6.

Dunedin, with 190 more deaths than births, was one of 16 territorial authorities experiencing a natural decrease.

Auckland's population lifted by 47-thousand, or 2.8 percent, driven by migration.