Maruia Falls - photograph taken by Tom Webb, Friday 12th December 2005 – Tom Webb at English Wikipedia, Public domain – Wikimedia Commons Tasman is located in New Zealand / Aotearoa. Around 54,800 people live here. Between 2018 and 2025, the population grew from 52,389 to 59,900. Its area extends over around 9,771.0 square kilometres. The region is divided into 1 subregions. The region was founded in the year 1989. The name goes back to Abel Tasman (Dutch seafarer) Tasman is region in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. For more information, see www.tasman.govt.nz.