• Source: Geography of the North Island

The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi), making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 4,077,800 (June 2024), accounting for approximately 76% of the total residents of New Zealand.
Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Wellington is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state.




Overview



During the Last Glacial Period when sea levels were over 100 metres lower than present day levels, the North and South islands were connected by a vast coastal plain which formed at the South Taranaki Bight. During this period, most of the North Island was covered in thorn scrubland and forest, while the modern-day Northland Peninsula was a subtropical rainforest. Sea levels began to rise 7,000 years ago, eventually separating the islands and linking the Cook Strait to the Tasman Sea.




= Bays and coastal features

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Bay of Islands
Bay of Plenty
Hauraki Gulf
Hawke Bay
Ninety Mile Beach
North Taranaki Bight
South Taranaki Bight




= Lakes and rivers

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Lake Taupō
Waikato River
Whanganui River




= Capes and peninsulas

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Coromandel Peninsula
Northland Peninsula
Cape Palliser
Cape Reinga
East Cape
North Cape




= Forests and national parks

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Egmont National Park
Tongariro National Park
Waipoua Kauri Forest
Whanganui National Park
and many forest parks of New Zealand




= Volcanology

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Mount Ruapehu
Mount Taranaki (Taranaki Maunga)
North Island Volcanic Plateau




= Other

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Waitomo Caves
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Climate


The climate of North Island is mainly temperate oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb). Mean annual temperatures reach up to 16 °C (61 °F) in the north. There is a subtropical influence in the Northland Peninsula. Wellington the wettest of major cities in North Island, receiving around 1,200 millimetres (47 in) of precipitation annually. Auckland and Wellington both receive a yearly average of more than 2,000 hours of sunshine. Snow is rare at sea level in North Island. Snow has accumulated in Wellington on rare occasions, including in 2011. Wellington is also the windiest city in the world. Smog can occur on calm winter days in Auckland.




= Climate data

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See also


Geography of New Zealand
Geography of South Island




References

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• Kepulauan Cocos (Keeling)
• The Coral Island
• Amerika (benua)
• Amerika Serikat
• Greenwich Timur, Rhode Island
• Belanda
• California
• Selandia Baru
• Peta Dymaxion
• Holosen
• Geography of the North Island
• Geography of North America
• North Island
• Geography of North Korea
• Geography of the Solomon Islands
• Geography of the Cook Islands
• Geography of North Macedonia
• Geography of the Faroe Islands
• Geography of the United Kingdom
• Geography of New Zealand