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- New Plymouth (Māori: Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated.
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Website. newplymouthnz.com. New Plymouth (Māori: Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated.
New Plymouth, Taranaki's only city, was the region’s first Pākehā settlement and has always been the largest. Originally called Ngāmotu (the islands), the site of New Plymouth was occupied for hundreds of years by Māori.
The city of New Plymouth, New Zealand, has a history that includes a lengthy occupation and residence by Maori, the arrival of white traders and settlers in the 19th century and warfare that resulted when the demands of the two cultures clashed.
Jan 7, 2023 · New Plymouth was the region’s first Pakeha settlement and has always been the largest. The city is the administrative centre of the New Plymouth District Council. History. Originally called Ngāmotu (the islands), the site of New Plymouth was occupied for hundreds of years by Māori.
New Plymouth, city (“district”) and port, Taranaki local government region, western North Island, New Zealand. It lies along North Taranaki Bight at the base of Mount Taranaki (Egmont). The settlement was founded in 1841 by the New Plymouth Company under the auspices of the New Zealand Company.
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Sep 20, 2024 · It was the site of the first permanent settlement by Europeans in New England, Plymouth colony, known formally as the colony of New Plymouth. The town was founded by Pilgrims (Separatists from the Church of England) who, in their search for religious toleration, had immigrated first to the Netherlands and then to North America .
One of New Zealand’s first colonial settlements, New Plymouth’s temperate climate, fertile soils, and genial Englishness led to early settlers calling it “the paradise of New Zealand”.
