Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty is a region on the north-east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named for the large bay that stretches from East Cape to Coromandel Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tauranga and Rotorua.
Tauranga
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Tauranga is a city 105 km east of Hamilton and 85 km north of Rotorua in the western Bay of Plenty on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the largest city in the Bay of Plenty and the fifth largest in the country.
Rotorua
Rotorua is the geothermal wonderland of New Zealand, with easily experienced Māori culture, and a range of outdoor adventure activities. The hot springs and geysers of the city and region have attracted tourists for over a hundred years.
White Island
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White Island is an uninhabited active volcanic island off the coast from Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand that you can fly over by plane or helicopter.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Whakatane and Opotiki.
Whakatane
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Whakatāne is a coastal town in the eastern Bay of Plenty on New Zealand's North Island. It is one of the sunniest towns in New Zealand. The nearby village of Ōhope, only about 7 minutes by car through a gorgeous pass with stunning views of the ocean, features one of the best beaches in the entire country, which has won numerous "Best Beach" awards over the years.
Opotiki
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Opotiki is a small coastal town in the eastern Bay of Plenty on New Zealand's North Island. It is the starting point for State Highway 35, which follows much of the coastline of the East Cape and terminates in Gisborne.
Te Puke
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Te Puke is a town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, with an urban population of 9,000. "Te Puke" should be pronounced "teh-pook-eh" and means "The Hill" in Maori.
Waihi Beach
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Waihi Beach is a small town in the western Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, north of Tauranga Harbour and near the base of Coromandel Peninsula.
Bay of Plenty
- Type: region of New Zealand with 348,000 residents
- Description: region in New Zealand’s North Island
- Also known as: “Bay of Plenty Region” and “Toi Moana”
- Neighbors: East Coast, Hawke’s Bay, and Waikato
- Location: North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Bay of Plenty” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم خليج بانتي”
- Aragonese: “Rechión d’a Badía de Plenty”
- Armenian: “Բեյ օֆ Փլենթի”
- Asturian: “Badea de Plenty”
- Balinese: “Wawengkon Celuk Plenty”
- Basque: “Bay of Plenty eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Бэй-оф-Пленці (рэгіён)”
- Belarusian: “Бэй-оф-Пленці”
- Belarusian: “рэгіён Бэй-оф-Пленці”
- Bengali: “প্লেন্টি উপসাগর অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Бей ъф Пленти”
- Catalan: “Badia de Plenty”
- Catalan: “Bay of Plenty”
- Cebuano: “Bay of Plenty”
- Chinese: “Bay of Plenty Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “普伦蒂湾”
- Chinese: “普伦蒂湾大区”
- Croatian: “Bay of Plenty”
- Czech: “Bay of Plenty”
- Danish: “Bay of Plenty Region”
- Dutch: “Bay of Plenty”
- Esperanto: “Bay of Plenty”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de Abundeco”
- Esperanto: “regiono Golfo de Abundo”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Golfo de Abundo”
- Esperanto: “Toi Moana”
- Estonian: “Bay of Plenty piirkond”
- Fiji Hindi: “Bay of Plenty”
- Finnish: “Bay of Plenty”
- French: “Baie de l’Abondance”
- French: “Bay of Plenty”
- French: “Toi Moana”
- Galician: “Rexión da Baía de Plenty”
- Georgian: “ბეი-ოვ-პლენტის რეგიონი”
- German: “Bay of Plenty”
- German: “Toi Moana”
- Greek: “Κόλπος Πλέντυ”
- Greek: “Κόλπος της Αφθονίας”
- Greek: “Μπέι οφ Πλέντι”
- Gujarati: “બે ઓફ પ્લેન્ટી પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “ביי אוף פלנטי”
- Hindi: “बे ऑफ प्लेंटी क्षेत्र”
- Hindi: “बे ऑफ़ प्लेन्टी क्षेत्र”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Bay of Plenty”
- Irish: “Réigiún Bhá na Flúirse”
- Italian: “Baia dell’Abbondanza”
- Italian: “Bay of Plenty”
- Italian: “Toi Moana”
- Japanese: “ベイ・オブ・プレンティ”
- Japanese: “ベイ・オブ・プレンティ地方”
- Kannada: “ಬೇ ಆಫ್ ಪ್ಲೆಂಟಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “베이오브플렌티 지방”
- Latvian: “Bejofplenti reģions”
- Latvian: “Bejofplenti”
- Lithuanian: “Gausos įlankos regionas”
- Lithuanian: “Plenčio įlankos regionas”
- Macedonian: “Залив Пленти”
- Malay: “Wilayah Bay of Plenty”
- Maori: “Te Moana-a-Toi”
- Maori: “Waiariki”
- Marathi: “बे ऑफ प्लेनटी प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bay of Plenty Tōa-khu”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة خليج پلينتي”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bay of Plenty”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bay of Plenty”
- Norwegian: “Bay of Plenty”
- Polish: “Bay of Plenty”
- Polish: “Zatoka Obfitości”
- Portuguese: “Bay of Plenty”
- Portuguese: “Região da Baia de Plenty”
- Portuguese: “Toi Moana”
- Russian: “Бей-оф-Пленти”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bay of Plenty Region”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bay of Plenty”
- Sinhala: “ප්ලෙන්ටි බේ කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය”
- Sinhala: “ප්ලේන්ටි කලපු කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Bay of Plenty”
- Spanish: “Bay of Plenty”
- Spanish: “Región de Bay of Plenty”
- Spanish: “Toi Moana”
- Swedish: “Bay of Plenty”
- Tamil: “ப்ளெண்ட்டி பகுதி பே”
- Telugu: “బే ఆఫ్ ప్లెంటీ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “แคว้นเบย์ออฟเพลนตี”
- Turkish: “Bay of Plenty Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Bay of Plenty”
- Ukrainian: “Бей оф Пленті”
- Ukrainian: “Бей-оф-Пленті”
- Urdu: “بے آف پلینٹی علاقہ”
- Urdu: “بے پلینٹی ریجن”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Bay of Plenty”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực vịnh Plenty”
- Welsh: “Bae Digonedd”
- Western Armenian: “Պէյ Օֆ Փլենթի”
- Wu Chinese: “普伦蒂湾大区”
- “Toi Moana”
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