Stratigraphy of New Zealand

This is a list of the units into which the rock succession of New Zealand is formally divided.

As new geological relationships have been discovered new names have been proposed and others are made obsolete.

In New Zealand, groups are further combined into 'supergroups' or for basement rocks into terranes.

Not all of these hierarchical layers are necessarily present within a particular rock succession.

The Austral Superprovince is divided into the Eastern and Western Province, which have seven and two terranes respectively.