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Whakaari / White Island is an irregular oval in shape, with a length (northwest–southeast) of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) and a width of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), and covers an area of approximately 325 hectares (800 acres). [ 3 ] It lies in the Bay of Plenty 48 kilometres (30 mi) from the North Island mainland, due north of the town of Ōpōtiki and ...
Sketch of Dusky Sound in New Zealand 1773 and plan of the town and part of the settlement of New Plymouth 1850. The cartography of New Zealand is the history of surveying and creation of maps of New Zealand. Surveying in New Zealand began with the arrival of Abel Tasman in the mid 17th century. [1] Cartography and surveying have developed in ...
Peter Mersi, Chief Executive and Commissioner. Website. www .ird .govt .nz. Inland Revenue or Inland Revenue Department ( IRD; Māori: Te Tari Taake) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on tax policy, collecting and disbursing payments for social support programmes, and collecting tax .
Governors Bay is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement and covers 3.24 km 2 (1.25 sq mi). [1] It had an estimated population of 940 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 290 people per km 2.
This article lists urban areas of New Zealand—as defined by Statistics New Zealand—ranked by population. Only the 150 largest urban areas are listed. Urban areas are defined by the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18).
Lower Hutt ( Māori: Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) [ 4] is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area . If considered a city it is New Zealand's sixth most populous, with a population of 114,000. [ 3]
New Zealand ( Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, near the centre of the water hemisphere. It consists of a large number of islands, estimated around 700, mainly remnants of a larger landmass now beneath the sea. The land masses by size are the South Island (or Te Waipounamu) and the North Island ...
[6] [7] In 1941, the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand renamed the hill to a 57-character name "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu", which has been an official name since 1948, and first appeared in a 1955 map. [8] The New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database, maintained by Land Information New ...