Tauranga is a thriving city in the western Bay of Plenty. It includes the country's largest port.
It's NZ's fastest growing city, with 120 000 people.
Mps: Tauranga : National. Bay of Plenty : National.
History[]
First settled 1250-1300. Maori name Tauranga-Moana.
For some time after the 1989 reorganisation of local government, the enlarged Tauranga was a district, but it later persuaded the authorities that it deserved the "city" title".
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| Territorial Authority Districts of New Zealand |
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| Cities: |
| Auckland | Hamilton | Tauranga | Napier | Palmerston North | Porirua | Upper Hutt | Lower Hutt | Wellington | Nelson* | Christchurch | Dunedin | Invercargill |
| Districts: |
| North Island: Far North | Whangarei | Kaipara | Thames-Coromandel | Hauraki | Waikato | Matamata-Piako | Waipa | South Waikato | Otorohanga | Rotorua | Waitomo | Taupo | Western Bay of Plenty | Whakatane | Kawerau| Opotiki | Gisborne* | Wairoa | Hastings | Central Hawke's Bay | New Plymouth | Stratford | South Taranaki | Ruapehu | Wanganui | Rangitikei | Manawatu | Tararua | Horowhenua | Kapiti Coast | Masterton | Carterton | South Wairarapa |
| South Island: Tasman* | Marlborough* | Buller | Grey | Westland | Kaikoura | Hurunui | Waimakariri | Selwyn | Ashburton | Timaru | Mackenzie | Waimate | Waitaki | Queenstown-Lakes | Central Otago | Clutha | Gore | Southland |
| Territory: Chatham Islands |
| *unitary authorities |
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