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New Plymouth
City in Taranaki, New Zealand

New Plymouth

New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Plymouth District, which includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns, is the 10th largest district in New Zealand, and has a population of 90,100 – about two-thirds of the total population of the Taranaki region and 1.7% of New Zealand's population. This includes New Plymouth City (60,200), Waitara (7,720), Inglewood (3,970), Ōakura (1,780), Ōkato (561) and Urenui (429).

Get in

Getting to New Plymouth

  1. 01
    New Plymouth Airport

    It is on the coast 7 km to the north-east of the city at Bell Block.

  2. 02
    Ariki St

    State Highway 3 passes through New Plymouth.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Puke Ariki

    Museum, library, visitor information centre, restaurant and cafe.

  2. 02
    Govett-Brewster Art Gallery

    One of New Zealand's finest collections of Modern Art.

  3. 03
    Pukekura Park

    There are themed garden areas, small ponds and "lakes", attractive bridges and wonderful trails.

  4. 04
    Wind Wand

    It is a 45m pole, with a soft red light on top at night, that moves in the wind.

  5. 05
    TSB Bank Bowls New Zealand Museum

    Kina NZ Art and Design Space, 101 Devon St West,.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    WOMAD

    The World of Music, Arts and Dance festival.

  2. 02
    New Plymouth Observatory

    Precision Helicopters Ltd, toll-free: 0800 246 359.

  3. 03
    Model
Eat

Where to eat

India Today, 40 Devon St. A great place for Northern Indian food. around $30.

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    Pankawalla

    85 Devon Street West.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.