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.