New Zealand region
Advertise your website on Bay of Plenty
Kiwifruit, steam, and a coastline people pretend they discovered.
The Bay of Plenty board
Open. Nobody has listed on Bay of Plenty yet — $1 puts your site at the top of this board and your name on the map.
Highest bid is the name on the map. Outbid stays listed below, not refunded. Rules
About Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty is kiwifruit, the country’s busiest export port at Tauranga, and geothermal steam at Rotorua. Tauranga has grown quickly, which means construction, new arrivals, and businesses that were small five years ago and are not now.
Who a listing on Bay of Plenty reaches
A Bay of Plenty listing reaches one of the fastest-growing parts of the country. Builders, property managers, kiwifruit contractors, orchard services, Rotorua tourism operators and the new businesses that follow people up State Highway 2 are the obvious fit.
- Main centres
- Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Rotorua, Whakatāne, Te Puke
- Council
- Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Toi Moana), Whakatāne
- People
- 334,140 (2023 Census)
On the chart
RotoruaLake
Lake Rotorua: a caldera about 240,000 years old, with Mokoia Island in its middle.
Shallow and warm at its edges; sulphur springs bubble along the town’s shore.
TaraweraLandmark
Mount Tarawera: split open in 1886, burying the Pink and White Terraces.
The eruption killed about 120 people. The crater rift runs 17 km.
WhakaariOn the water
Whakaari / White Island: New Zealand's most active volcano, 48 km off Whakatāne.
Erupted in December 2019 with 47 people on the island; 22 died.
RenaOn the water
MV Rena: a container ship grounded on Astrolabe Reef in 2011 — the country's worst maritime spill.
Some 350 tonnes of oil reached the Bay of Plenty's beaches; the wreck is still on the reef.
TūhuaOn the water
Tūhua / Mayor Island: a dormant volcano whose black obsidian was traded the length of the country.
Now a marine reserve; the island is owned by the iwi that once traded the stone.
TaurangaCity
Tauranga: the country's busiest port by cargo, under Mauao at the harbour mouth.
Mount Maunganui's beach and its summit walk are the city's front door.
RotoruaCity
Rotorua: geysers, boiling mud and hot pools in the middle of town; the smell is sulphur.
Whakarewarewa is a living village on a geothermal field; Pōhutu erupts to 30 m.