List of Orthoptera of New Zealand

There are 162 species of orthopterans found in New Zealand, including the wētā, with five of those species being foreign and naturalized. According to a 2022 assessment, a slim majority of species (95) were not threatened, with five species improving their conservation status and nineteen species worsening, including Deinacrida mahoenui, which was reassessed as "nationally critical".

Species (12) marked with an asterisk (*) are considered "Threatened" (including "Nationally Critical", "Nationally Endangered", and "National Vulnerable") as of 2022; species (another 12) marked with a superscript dagger (†) are considered "Data Deficient" as of the same year; species (4) marked with a superscript double dagger (‡) are introduced and naturalized.

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