Tauranga
Appearance
Tauranga | |
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Coordinates: 37°41′S 176°10′E / 37.683°S 176.167°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Island | North Island |
Region | Bay of Plenty |
Territorial authority | Tauranga City Council |
Wards | Mount Maunganui-Papamoa Otumoetai-Pyes Pa Te Papa-Welcome Bay |
Settled | 1250–1300 |
Gazetted as a borough | 1882 |
City constituted | 17 April 1963 |
Electorate(s) | Tauranga Bay of Plenty |
Government | |
• MP (Tauranga) | Simon Bridges (National) |
• MP (Bay of Plenty) | Todd Muller (National) |
• Mayor | Vacant |
• Deputy Mayor | Tina Salisbury |
Area | |
• Territorial | 168 km2 (65 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 232 m (761 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (June 2021)[1] | |
• Territorial | 155,200 |
• Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
• Urban | 155,200 |
Time zone | UTC 12 (NZST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 13 (NZDT) |
Postcode(s) | 3110, 3112, 3116, 3118 |
Area code | 07 |
Local iwi | Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga |
Website | Tauranga.govt.nz |
Tauranga (Māori pronunciation: ˈtaʉɾaŋa)[2][3] is a city in New Zealand.
Notable residents
[change | change source]- Simon Bridges – politician; Former Leader of the New Zealand National Party
- Phil Rudd – drummer for AC/DC
Past residents
[change | change source]- Les Munro – Dambusters veteran
- Winston Peters – former MP for Tauranga, leader of NZ First, politician
Sister cities
[change | change source]- Hitachi, Japan
- San Bernardino, United States
- Yantai, China
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ "100 Māori words every New Zealander should know – Māori Language Week | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". Nzhistory.net.nz. 1 August 1987. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "Tauranga pronunciation: How to pronounce Tauranga in Māori, English". Forvo.com. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "Community Partnerships" (PDF). tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
Other websites
[change | change source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tauranga.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Tauranga