The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. Ordinary passengers Long-distance passengers Total passengers 1878 1543 1879 2722 1880 2967 1881 2850 1882 2911 1883 3283 1884 3273 1885 3233 1886 3362 1887 3426 1888 3452 1889 3133 1890 3376 1891 3434 1892 3556 1893 3759 1894 3973 1895 3905 1896 4162 1897 4439 1898 4672 1899 4955 1900 5468 1901 6244 1902 7356 1903 7575 1904 8306 1905 8514 1906 8826 1907 9601 1908 9757 1909 10457 1910 11141 1911 11201 1912 20336 1913 22311 1914 23173 1915 23543 1916 24601 1917 24783 1918 21438 1919 22030 1920 24582 1921 28822 1922 28122 1923 28221 1924 28436 1925 26107 1926 27653 1927 26002 1928 25380 1929 25757 1930 25414 1931 5211 22814 1932 4580 19151 1933 4829 18367 1934 5306 19047 1935 5588 19654 1936 5666 20358 1937 5952 21235 1938 6136 22441 1939 6054 23266 1940 6454 24454 1941 7572 26277 1942 9049 28611 1943 13975 36133 1944 14969 38611 1945 10791 32995 1946 10750 32418 1947 7874 28869 1948 6885 25887 1949 6512 26168 1950 6551 25895 1951 5274 24824 1952 3799 21292 1953 3726 21455 1954 3796 23272 1955 3670 24735 1956 3336 25075 1957 3250 25377 1958 3177 24817 1959 3065 25437 1960 2986 26134 1961 2956 26233 1962 3013 26324 1963 3069 25665 1964 3074 25734 1965 2809 25137 1966 2654 23889 1967 2514 23723 1968 2064 22186 1969 1962 22261 1970 1848 21031 1971 1911 20784 1972 1780 20115 1973 1505 18565 1974 1732 18944 1975 1890 18894 1976 1887 20035 1977 1289 18478 1978 1006 16402 1979 1007 16749 1980 999 16011 1981 986 14934 1982 899 14339 1983 880 13697 1984 939 14533 1985 1986 1987 845 15048 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 391 10391 1994 450 10550 1995 443 10643 1996 453 11053 1997 472 11572 1998 458 11751 1999 466 11888 2000 466 12584 2001 513 13091 2002 221 12521 2003 300 12600 2004 560 10860 2005 14200 2006 17300 2008 18000 2009 18000 2013 21000 2014 25000 2015 26000 See the web-page for source information Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz