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| Location | New Zealand |
| Area | 113,729 km² |
| Rank | 14th |
| Highest point | Mount Ruapehu 2,797 m |
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| Largest city | Auckland (1,329,900) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 3,148,400 (as of 2001) |
| Density | 27. Te Ika-a-Māui is the Maori name for the North Island of New Zealand. This is a list of Islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2500 km² (970 square miles Mount Ruapehu, or just Ruapehu, is an active Stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country 5/km² |
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. [1] The island is 113,729 square km in area[2], making it the world's 14th-largest island. This is a list of Islands in the world ordered by area. It includes all islands with an area greater than 2500 km² (970 square miles It has a population of 3,148,400 [3].
Several important cities are in the North Island, notably New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, and Wellington, the capital, located at the southern extremity of the island. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the Approximately 76% of New Zealand's population lives in the North Island. [4]
According to Māori mythology, the North and South Islands of New Zealand arose through the actions of the demigod Māui. This article discusses the Māori people of New Zealand For their language see Māori language, and for other meanings see Māori (disambiguation. Māori mythology, Māui is a Culture hero famous for his exploits and his trickery Māui and his brothers were fishing from their canoe (the South Island) when he caught a great fish and pulled it from the sea. While he was not looking his brothers fought over the fish and chopped it up. This great fish became the North Island and thus the Māori name for the North Island is Te Ika-a-Māui (The Fish of Māui). Te Ika-a-Māui is the Maori name for the North Island of New Zealand. The mountains and valleys are said to have been formed as a result of Māui's brothers' hacking at the fish. [5]
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Regions of the North Island
Nine local government regions cover the North Island and all its adjacent islands and territorial waters. The region is the top tier of Local government in New Zealand.
Cities and towns in the North Island
(Smaller urban areas are found on the List of towns in New Zealand. Geography Northland is located in what is often referred to by New Zealanders as the Far North, or because of its mild climate The Winterless North. Geography On the mainland the region extends from the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour in the north across the southern stretches of the North Auckland Peninsula History According to local Māori traditions, the Bay of Plenty was the landing point of several migration canoes that brought Māori settlers to New Zealand For other uses of Gisborne see Gisborne (disambiguation. Gisborne (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa is the name of a unitary authority in New Zealand Geography and people Taranaki is situated on the west coast of the North Island surrounding the volcanic peak Geography Administration The region is comprised by all or parts of ten separate Districts. Geography The region is situated on the east coast of the North Island. Governance The official Wellington Region as administered by the Wellington Regional Council (under the brand-name "Greater Wellington" covers the conurbation around the This is a list of Towns in New Zealand. The term "town" has no current statutory meaning in New Zealand the few "Town Districts" having been abolished )
- Auckland
- Cambridge
- Coromandel
- Foxton
- Gisborne
- Hamilton
- Hastings
- Huntly
- Kerikeri
- Matamata
- Masterton
- Napier
- New Plymouth
- Pahiatua
- Palmerston North
- Paraparaumu
- Raglan
- Rotorua
- Stratford
- Taupo
- Thames
- Tauranga
- Wellington
Geographic features
- Cape Reinga
- Cook Strait
- Hikurangi Trench
- Lake Taupo
- Mt Maunganui Beach
- Tongariro National Park
- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
- Waikato River
- Waipoua Kauri Forest
- Waitomo Caves
- Ninety Mile Beach
Notes
- ^ On some 19th century maps, the North Island is named New Ulster, which was also a province of New Zealand that included the North Island. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Cambridge is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Education Coromandel Area School is a state composite (years 1-13 school with a decile rating of 3 and a roll of 304 Foxton is a town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand. For other uses of Gisborne see Gisborne (disambiguation. Gisborne (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa is the name of a unitary authority in New Zealand Hamilton ( Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealand 's fourth largest Urban area, and is the country's seventh largest City Hastings is the administrative centre of the Hastings District in the Hawke's Bay Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Huntly (population 7067 is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Kerikeri, the largest town in the Bay of Islands on the North Island of New Zealand, is a popular tourist destination about three hours drive north Matamata is a rural Waikato town in New Zealand with a total Population of around 12000 (6000 in rural areas 6000 in the township Masterton is a town (and local government district in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Napier ( Ahuriri in Māori) is a port city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. for the place called New Plymouth in the United States see New Plymouth Idaho. Pahiatua is a rural service town in the southeastern North Island of New Zealand, at with a population of over 4000 Palmerston North (Te Papa-i-oea is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. Born in Paraparaumu Wayne McIndoe - Field Hockey Player Andrew Niccol - Film Director Christian Cullen - All Black Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand, and Rotorua Geography Road & Rail Stratford is at the junction of State Highway 3 and State Highway 43. Taupo (toe-pawː in Māori) is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. Thames is a town at the southwestern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand 's North Island. for the electorate see Tauranga (NZ electorate Tauranga (population 114500 2007 estimate after status was lost after 1989 Local Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the Cape Reinga ( Te Reinga or Te Rerenga Wairua in Māori) Suitable vehicles can travel much of the way via Ninety Mile Beach and Te Paki Cook Strait is a Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The Hikurangi Trench (also called the Hikurangi Trough) is a linear deep in the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand Lake Taupo is a Lake situated in the North Island of New Zealand. Mount Maunganui is a town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, located on a Peninsula to the north of the neighbouring city Tauranga and north west of the Tongariro Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the Māori name for a hill 305 Metres high close to Porangahau The Waikato River is the longest River in New Zealand. In the North Island, it runs for 425 Kilometres from the eastern slopes of Mount Waipoua is also a spider genus found in New Zealand (family Orsolobidae) The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 Ninety Mile Beach is a beach located on the western coast of the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. New Ulster is the name of a province of New Zealand that existed between 1841 and 1853 Provinces in New Zealand were used from 1841 until the Abolition of the Provinces Act came into force on November 1, 1876.
- ^ Statistics New Zealand Geography - physical features
- ^ Statistics New Zealand Subnational Population Estimates at 30 June 2006
- ^ The definite article is used with the names of the North and South islands, as the North Island and the South Island, like the North Sea and the Western World, but unlike Rangitoto Island or West Point. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings Rangitoto Island is a volcanic Island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, Maps, headings or tables and adjectival expressions use North Island, whereas the North Island is used after a preposition or before or after a verb, e. g. my mother lives in the North Island, the North Island is smaller than the South Island, or I'm visiting the North Island. When specifying the island where a place, person, or object is located, it is normal to use the word in rather than on, for example Hamilton is in the North Island.
- ^ Until the early 20th Century, an alternative Māori name for the North Island was Aotearoa. In present Māori usage, Aotearoa is a collective name for New Zealand as a whole.
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