Not much move­ment at the top of the Mer­cer Human Resource Con­sult­ing “Most Liv­able Cit­ies” rank­ings this year, with, like last year, Wel­ling­ton com­ing in 12th, trail­ing our north­ern neigh­bours Auck­land, who come in at a very cred­ible 5th. In fact, there’s really no move­ment at all in the top 20, with Zurich and Geneva still 1st and 2nd respect­ively, Van­couver 3rd, Vienna 4th, before a bunch of Ger­man cit­ies slot in below Auck­land. The rank­ings are …

based on 39 key qual­ity-of-life issues. They include polit­ic­al sta­bil­ity, cur­rency-exchange reg­u­la­tions, polit­ic­al and media cen­sor­ship, school qual­ity, hous­ing, the envir­on­ment and pub­lic safety.

More of the table here.