North Island<div style="float:right;width:235px;margin-left:0.5em">image:NZNorthIsland.png</div> The '''North Island''' is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. Several important cities are in The North Island, notably New Zealand's largest city Auckland, New Zealand|Auckland, and Wellington, New Zealand|Wellington, the capital, located at the southern extremity of the island. Around 76% of New Zealand's population lives in the North Island. Maori|Māori mythology says that the North and South Islands of New Zealand came from the time of Maui (mythology)|Maui, who was a demigod. The story goes that he and his brothers were fishing from their canoe (the South Island) when he caught a great fish and pulled it from the sea. While he was not looking his brothers fought over the fish and chopped it up. This great fish became The North Island and thus the Māori name for the North Island is ''Te Ika a Maui'' (The Fish of Maui). The mountains and valleys are said to have been formed as a result of Maui's brothers' hacking at the fish. The island is the List of islands by size|world's 14th largest island. A grammatical note: New Zealanders refer to them with a definite article as "the North Island" and "the South Island", like "the North Sea" and "the Western World", but unlike "Rangitoto Island" or "West Point". Maps, and headings or tables, and adjectival expressions use "North Island", whereas "the North Island" is used after a preposition or before or after a verb, e.g. "my mother lives in the North Island", "the North Island is smaller than the South Island", or "I'm visiting the North Island". ==Cities and towns in the North Island== (Smaller urban areas are found on the List of towns in New Zealand) *Auckland *Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge *Coromandel (New Zealand) | Coromandel *Foxton, New Zealand|Foxton *Gisborne *Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton *Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings *Huntly, New Zealand|Huntly *Kerikeri *Matamata *Napier, New Zealand|Napier *New Plymouth *Pahiatua *Palmerston North *Raglan *Rotorua *Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford *Taupo *Tauranga *Wellington, New Zealand|Wellington ==Geographic features== *Cape Reinga *Cook Strait *Lake Taupo *Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu *Waikato River *Waipoua Kauri Forest *Waitomo Caves {{Regions of New Zealand}} --------------------- '''North Island''' (Chinese language|Chinese: 北島 Běi dǎo) is another name for Zhifu Island. Category:Geography of New Zealand Category:Islands of New Zealand de:Nordinsel (Neuseeland) es:Isla Norte it:North Island nl:Noordereiland (Nieuw-Zeeland) ja:北島 (ニュージーランド) pl:Wyspa Północna pt:Ilha do Norte First page | Prev | Next | Last page |

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