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In comparison, in total in New Zealand in 2016, there were 286 fatal crashes, 2,099 serious injury crashes and 7,583 minor injury crashes. [11] Over the five years from 2012-2016, 6.2 percent of fatal and injury crashes involved an overseas driver. Over the same period, 4.1 percent of all drivers involved in crashes were overseas drivers.
Taranaki covers 7,254.50 km 2 (2,800.98 sq mi) [11] and has a population of 128,700 as of Statistics New Zealand's June 2023, 2.5 percent of New Zealand's population. It has a population density of 18 people per km 2. It is the tenth most populous region of New Zealand. [1]
100 or more deaths. Air New Zealand Flight 901 in 1979. Napier Town Hall following the earthquake. Illustration of the HMS Orpheus wreck. Christchurch Cathedral following the earthquake. Tangiwai memorial plaque. Illustration of the SS Tararua wreck. SS Wairarapa wreck. Illustration of the Mount Tarawera eruption.
2023. Weather. Auckland, Tasman, Kapiti and Taranaki. New Zealand. Between Monday 10 April and Tuesday 11 April, four significant tornadoes struck. There was one in Tasman District, one in East Auckland, one in Paraparaumu, and one in Waitara, resulting in over 60 homes being damaged and 10 homes yellow stickered.
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.
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 ...
In its premiere week in Australia, SCU: Serious Crash Unit was the third most watched program in the five mainland state capitals. [ 2 ] The second series premiered Monday 8:00pm at 1.2 million viewers, [ 3 ] and ratings remained between 1.2 and 1.7 million viewers, following a strong lead in from Border Security: Australia's Front Line .
The word "Taranaki" was dropped from the masthead about 1962 when the paper's ownership was merged with that of the Herald to become Taranaki Newspapers Ltd, and reinstated in 2004. [2] As of December 2008, the circulation was 25,578. [3] Taranaki Newspapers Ltd was bought by Independent Newspapers Ltd in 1989 and was then part of Fairfax Media.