Taurangais the most populous city in theBay of Plenty Regionof theNorth IslandofNew Zealand. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century and by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963.Tauranga is one of New Zealand's main centres for business, international trade, culture, fashion and horticultural science. ThePort of Taurangais also New Zealand's largest port in terms of gross export tonnage and efficiency.It is one of New Zealand's fastest growing cities, with a 14 percent increase in population between the 2001 census and the 2006 census,though that number has slowed to 11% between the 2006 Census and the 2013 Census.
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