Tauranga [url=http://www.tauranga.co.nz],]population approx. 130,000 (last census was cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake) is the major city of the western [[Bay of Plenty[/url]] on the east coast of the North Island of [wiki=c51ed580ea5e20c910d951f692512b4d]New Zealand[/wiki]. It is the fifth largest city in the country, and is 105 km east of [wiki=8be40808db75e76f64ff79ea4e0eab08]Hamilton[/wiki] and 85 km north of [wiki=d615ae8dee1c3a6cab71f98c4bbc3111]Rotorua[/wiki], and about 20 km north of [wiki=e44d4be3de7ad6484f6acdd21895ad06]Te Puke[/wiki].