Bay of Plenty

The Bay of Plenty is a large bight along the northern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It stretches 260 kilometres from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaway in the east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matatā.

Matatā

Village

Photo: Air55, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Matatā is a town in the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand, 24 kilometres to the north-west of Whakatāne. A section of the town was relocated between the years 2006 and 2021 due to increased natural threats arising from climate change. Matatā is situated 6 km south of Bay of Plenty.

Bay of Plenty

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.83822° or 37° 50′ 18″ south

Longitude

176.78022° or 176° 46′ 49″ east

Open location code

4VJR5Q6J+P3

GeoNames ID

6236670

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