Place:Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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NameBay of Plenty
Alt namesBay of Plenty regionsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
South Auckland-Bay of Plentysource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988) p 452; Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 11
TypeRegion
Coordinates38°S 176.0°E
Located inNew Zealand     (1971 - )
Contained Places
District
Western Bay of Plenty
Inhabited place
Edgecumbe
Galatea
Greerton
Katikati
Kawerau
Kutarere
Maketu
Mamaku
Matakana Island
Matata
Mount Maunganui
Murupara
Ngongotaha
Ohope Beach
Opotiki
Paengaroa
Papamoa
Reporoa
Rotorua
Ruatahuna
Taneatua
Tauranga
Te Puke
Te Teko
Te Whaiti
Waihi Beach
Waimana
Waiohau
Whakatane
Island
Mokoia Island
Populated place
Otakiri
Pyes Pa
Unknown
Awakaponga
Horohoro
Maraenui
Ohinemutu
Okataina
Raukokore
Rotoiti
Ruatoki North
Te Kaha
Torere
Whatakane
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Bay of Plenty is a region of New Zealand, situated around a bight of the same name in the northern coast of the North Island. The bight stretches 260 km from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaway in the east. The Bay of Plenty Region, governed by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, incorporates several large islands in the bay, in addition to the mainland area. Called Te Moana-a-Toi (the Sea of Toi) in the Māori language after Toi, an early ancestor, the name 'Bay of Plenty' was bestowed by James Cook in 1769 when he noticed the abundant food supplies at several Māori villages there, in stark contrast to observations he had made earlier in Poverty Bay. Bay of Plenty is a region.

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