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Road Names

The road name shall be shown in full, with the following exceptions

  1. The road type to be abbreviated if found in the following table
  2. 'Mount' may be abbreviated to 'Mt.' but only where necessary to keep the length of the name to fit inside available screen area


Suffix name Standard abbreviation Reference
Alley Aly AS/NZS 4819:2011
Arcade Arc AS/NZS 4819:2011
Avenue Ave AS/NZS 4819:2011
Boulevard Blvd AS/NZS 4819:2011
Circle Cir AS/NZS 4819:2011
Close Cl AS/NZS 4819:2011
Court Crt AS/NZS 4819:2011
Crescent Cres AS/NZS 4819:2011
Drive Dr AS/NZS 4819:2011
Esplanade Esp AS/NZS 4819:2011
Extension Extn AS/NZS 4819:2011
Glade Gld AS/NZS 4819:2011
Green Grn AS/NZS 4819:2011
Grove Grv AS/NZS 4819:2011
Highway Hwy AS/NZS 4819:2011
Lane Lane AS/NZS 4819:2011
Loop Loop AS/NZS 4819:2011
Mall Mall AS/NZS 4819:2011
Mews Mews AS/NZS 4819:2011
Parade Pde AS/NZS 4819:2011
Place Pl AS/NZS 4819:2011
Promenade Prom AS/NZS 4819:2011
Quay Qy AS/NZS 4819:2011
Rise Rise AS/NZS 4819:2011
Road Rd AS/NZS 4819:2011
Square Sq AS/NZS 4819:2011
State Highway SH NZ Post Address Standards June 2011
Steps Stps AS/NZS 4819:2011
Street St AS/NZS 4819:2011
Terrace Tce AS/NZS 4819:2011
Track Trk AS/NZS 4819:2011
Walk Walk AS/NZS 4819:2011
Way Way AS/NZS 4819:2011
Wharf Whrf AS/NZS 4819:2011


This table is referenced from:

AS/NZS 4819:2011

Appendix B

Road Types - New Zealand


Reference

AS/NZS 4819:2011

NZ Post Address Standards

NZ Post Address and layout guide