Thursday, August 14, 2014

Mauao In New Zealand

Mount Maunganui /ˈmɒŋɡəˌnuːi/ is a town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, located on a peninsula to the north of Tauranga. It was independent from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988.

Mount Maunganui is also the name of the extinct volcanic cone that rises above the town, which is now officially known by its Māori name Mauao,[citation needed]


but is colloquially known in New Zealand simply as The Mount.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Maunganui