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New Plymouth (Māori: Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Plymouth District, which includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns, is the ...
NZ-TKI. HDI (2021) 0.939 [3] very high · 3rd. Website. www.trc.govt.nz. Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand 's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth.
26 July 2002, Te Wera – Express freight train 533 bound for New Plymouth headed by DX 5045 and DC 4657 crashed after speeding when the crew had fallen asleep at around 2-3am. The train (with sleeping crew) took a curve with a 45 km/h speed restriction at around 70 km/h, and derailed, rolling down a 12 metre bank.
Website. www.newplymouthnz.com. The New Plymouth District (Māori: Te Rohe o Ngāmotu) is one of the districts of New Zealand within Taranaki. It includes the city of New Plymouth and smaller towns such as Inglewood, Ōakura and Waitara. In 1989, as a part of New Zealand-wide reorganisation of local government, New Plymouth City Council was ...
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4.2 m 3 /s (150 cu ft/s) The Tangahoe River is a river of the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows generally southwest from its origins in hill country to the east of Lake Rotorangi, reaching the Tasman Sea in the South Taranaki Bight 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Hāwera.
Stratford(Māori: Whakaahurangi) is the only town in Stratford District, and the seat of the Taranakiregion, in New Zealand's North Island. It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki, approximately halfway between New Plymouthand Hāwera, near the geographic centre of the Taranaki Region. The town has a population of 6,320, making it ...
White shading is selected caldera features. Mount Taranaki (Māori: Taranaki Maunga, also known as Mount Egmont) is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. [ 5 ][ 6 ] At 2,518 metres (8,261 ft), it is the second highest mountain in the North Island, after Mount Ruapehu.