Taranaki, King Country and Whanganui Regional Plan 2009-2010
186,126 people live here.
We have three regional parks Whanganui, Tongariro and Egmont.
We’re home to the country’s largest exporter of dairy products Fonterra supplying more than one third of the world’s dairy products.
New Plymouth was judged the world’s most liveable city in 2008 (2008 International Awards for Liveable Communities 20,001-75,000 population).
We’re New Zealand’s energy capital the recognised centre for gas exploration.
