New Plymouth
is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New
Zealand. It is
named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated. The New
Plymouth District
includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns. The New Plymouth District is the 15th largest
district (out of 73)
in New Zealand, and has 1.7 percent of New Zealand's population.The district has a population of
68,901 — nearly two
thirds of the total population of the Taranaki Region. This includes New Plymouth City (53,000), Waitara
(6,288),
Inglewood (3,090), Oakura (1,359), Okato (531) and Urenui (429)
The city itself is a service centre for the region's principal economic activities including intensive pastoral
activities
(mainly dairy farming) as well as oil, natural gas and petrochemical exploration and production. It is also
the region's
financial centre as the home of the TSB Bank (formerly the Taranaki Savings Bank), the largest of the
remaining
non-government New Zealand-owned banks.
Notable features are the botanic gardens (e.g. Pukekura Park), the m (6.8 mi) Coastal Walkway
alongside the Tasman
Sea, the Len Lye-designed 45-metre-tall (148 ft) artwork known as the Wind Wand, Paritutu Rock, and views of Mount
Taranaki/Egmont.As described under awards, New Plymouth won multiple awards in 2008. The city was in 2010 chosen as
one of two walking & cycling "Model Communities" by the government. Based on New Plymouth's already positive
attitude towards cyclists and pedestrians, the city received $3.71m to invest into infrastructure and community
programs to
boost walking and cycling.
It is also noted for being a coastal city with a mountain within 30 minutes drive, where residents and
visitors to New
Plymouth can snowboard, ski, water ski and surf all in the same day.
The first aircraft landed at the racecourse in 1920 and commercial flights began using the airport at Bell
Block in June
1937. During World War II this grass airfield became RNZAF Bell Block; and was replaced in 1966 by the
current
tarmac airport, 3 k NE of the old airport site.
Among the city's major industrial companies was Ivon Watkins-Dow, an agricultural chemicals company
founded in
1944 by brothers Ivon, Harry and Dan Watkins and joined as a partner 20 years later by Dow Chemicals
of Michigan.
The company ran a factory at Paritutu making the herbicide 2,4,5-T. A 2005 study found that people
who lived close to
the Ivon Watkins-Dow plant between 1962 and 1987 were likely to have dioxin levels on average four
times higher than
te general public. In some groups the level was as much as seven times as high. A Public Health
Medicine senior
adviser has claimed that based on international findings, the residents' exposure to dioxin may cause
increased rates
of disease, in particular cancer. In March 2007 the Ministry of Health announced it would offer a major
health support
programme to anyone affected.In April 2008 the Ministry clarified that the programme's main feature
would be a free
annual medical check up for those who had lived, worked or studied close to the fact
New Plymouth Fire District covers an area of approximately 30 square kilometres of urban area that is
boarded by rural
farmland to the west, New Plymouth urban city to the east and Mt Taranaki/Egmont to the South.
Concentrated within
the fire zone are the major petro-chemical tank farms of Methanex, Fletcher Challenge Energy, Shell
Todd Oil Services
Ltd, BP, Mobil Oils and Liquid Gas Ltd, containing some of the largest storage tanks in the Southern
region
Hemisphere. Port Taranaki (Westgate Ltd) is also within the zone. Westgate imports and exports large
quantities of
petroleum products - some of these products enter the tank farms by a network of high-pressure
pipelines which are in
a common corridor running along the cliff tops at Omata to the tank farms. Westgate has the largest dry
storage
complex in the country for the storage of dairy produce that is exported overseas.
The career station, New Plymouth Central Fire Station, is based on Liardet Street in the CBD. The
brigade has four
appliances, one HAZMAT/Command unit and two support vehicles based at the station with enough
room to house a
crew to cater for 2 appliances 24/7 with support personal working during the day - the crews work on a
4 on 4 off roster
system (2 days with 2 night shifts). Not only does this particular brigade covers the New Plymouth
metropolitan area,
but also covers the Bell Block area and supports the New Plymouth Airport, although there is a fire
appliance based at
the airport for emergency landings. New Plymouth Central Fire Station was previously based
Powderham Street,
next to the AA building in the early 1900s, 400m from its current location. After the fire bridge moved to
its current
location, the local radio station Energy FM, which is now Mediaworks Radio, used the upper floor for
their operations.
They moved to Devon Street in the late 1980s. The brigade supplies their specialist resources, like their
24m bronto
skylift appliance, HAZMAT/Command unit, Incident Support Vehicle and additional crews, to other
surrounding
Brigades in large emergencies, if needed.
New Plymouth West Volunteer Fire Brigade is New Plymouth's second fire brigade which is based in the
suburban
area of Spotswood, which is close to Port Taranaki, Cool Stores and a number of storage tanks. The brigade has one
appliance which requires volunteers to man when called. New Plymouth West Brigade supports, New Plymouth Central, Oakura, Inglewood and the Waitara Brigades.
Port Taranaki is the home port for HMNZS Endeavour but is based at the Devonport Navy Base on
Auckland's North
ShoreFeatures and attractions[edit]
New Plymouth District has a reputation as an events centre, with major festivals (the annual TSB Bank
Festival of
Lights, Taranaki Powerco Garden Spectacular, WOMAD and the biennial Taranaki Arts Festival), sports
fixtures
(including international rugby, surfing, cricket and tennis matches, and the annual ITU World Cup
Triathlon) and
concerts (from Sir Elton John, Jack Johnson, R.E.M and Fleetwood Mac).
With its rich volcanic soil, the city is well known for its gardens. Chief among them are the 52 ha
Pukekura Park in the
centre of the city (named a Garden of National Significance), and Pukeiti, a rhododendron garden of
international
significance high on the Pouakai Range.
Pukekura Park is also the home of the TSB Bank Festival of Lights, which runs for free every year from
mid-December
to early February. It has daytime and night time programmes of events for people of all ages, and the
festival itself
transforms the park into an illuminated wonderland every evening.
Next to the foreshore in the central city is Puke Ariki – the world’s first purpose-built, fully integrated
museum, library
and information centre which tells the stories of Taranaki in a variety of interactive media.
Nearby is the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, a contemporary art museum and the home of the collection
of film maker and kinetic artist Len Lye. Plans are in place to house Lye's collection in a purpose-built centre next to
thegallery,
making New Plymouth the world centre for Len Lye.
Te Rewa Rewa Bridge which immediately became a symbol of the extensive cycling opportunities that
have been
created in and around New Plymouth.
New Plymouth - Coastal Walkway
The Coastal Walkway is a 11 km path that forms an expansive sea-edge promenade stretching almost
the entire length
of the city, from the Bell Block mouth in the east to Port Taranaki in the west. The pathway includes the
iconic Te Rewa
Rewa Bridge and is ideal for walking, running, cycling or skating, or simply enjoying the view of the
dramatic west coaIt
has won numerous awards, including the Cycle Friendly Award in 2008 for the best New Zealand cycle
facility.
Right next to the Coastal Walkway is the Todd Energy Aquatic Centre, with indoor and outdoor pools, a
diving pool,
hydroslides, spa, sauna and gym.
Mount Taranaki/Egmont provides recreation opportunities, from skiing and snowboarding to rock
climbing and alpine
walks. The North Egmont Visitors Centre is 20 minutes' drive from central New Plymouth.
Taranaki is known as big wave territory with some of the country's best surfing spots found off this
coastline.
The region has 20 golf courses, ranging from nine-hole country courses where you have to move the
sheep, through to
Ngamotu Links–consistently rated one of the best golf courses in New Zealand. All 20 golf courses are
within an hour’s
drive of each other.
Centre City Shopping Centre is the only mall in New Plymouth. It contains over 55 shops and services.
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City in New Zealand,
is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New
Zealand. It is
named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated. The New
Plymouth District
includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns. The New Plymouth District is the 15th largest
district (out of 73)
in New Zealand, and has 1.7 percent of New Zealand's population.The district has a population of
68,901 — nearly two
thirds of the total population of the Taranaki Region. This includes New Plymouth City (53,000), Waitara
(6,288),
Inglewood (3,090), Oakura (1,359), Okato (531) and Urenui (429)
The city itself is a service centre for the region's principal economic activities including intensive pastoral
activities
(mainly dairy farming) as well as oil, natural gas and petrochemical exploration and production. It is also
the region's
financial centre as the home of the TSB Bank (formerly the Taranaki Savings Bank), the largest of the
remaining
non-government New Zealand-owned banks.
Notable features are the botanic gardens (e.g. Pukekura Park), the m (6.8 mi) Coastal Walkway
alongside the Tasman
Sea, the Len Lye-designed 45-metre-tall (148 ft) artwork known as the Wind Wand, Paritutu Rock, and views of Mount
Taranaki/Egmont.As described under awards, New Plymouth won multiple awards in 2008. The city was in 2010 chosen as
one of two walking & cycling "Model Communities" by the government. Based on New Plymouth's already positive
attitude towards cyclists and pedestrians, the city received $3.71m to invest into infrastructure and community
programs to
boost walking and cycling.
It is also noted for being a coastal city with a mountain within 30 minutes drive, where residents and
visitors to New
Plymouth can snowboard, ski, water ski and surf all in the same day.
The first aircraft landed at the racecourse in 1920 and commercial flights began using the airport at Bell
Block in June
1937. During World War II this grass airfield became RNZAF Bell Block; and was replaced in 1966 by the
current
tarmac airport, 3 k NE of the old airport site.
Among the city's major industrial companies was Ivon Watkins-Dow, an agricultural chemicals company
founded in
1944 by brothers Ivon, Harry and Dan Watkins and joined as a partner 20 years later by Dow Chemicals
of Michigan.
The company ran a factory at Paritutu making the herbicide 2,4,5-T. A 2005 study found that people
who lived close to
the Ivon Watkins-Dow plant between 1962 and 1987 were likely to have dioxin levels on average four
times higher than
te general public. In some groups the level was as much as seven times as high. A Public Health
Medicine senior
adviser has claimed that based on international findings, the residents' exposure to dioxin may cause
increased rates
of disease, in particular cancer. In March 2007 the Ministry of Health announced it would offer a major
health support
programme to anyone affected.In April 2008 the Ministry clarified that the programme's main feature
would be a free
annual medical check up for those who had lived, worked or studied close to the fact
New Plymouth Fire District covers an area of approximately 30 square kilometres of urban area that is
boarded by rural
farmland to the west, New Plymouth urban city to the east and Mt Taranaki/Egmont to the South.
Concentrated within
the fire zone are the major petro-chemical tank farms of Methanex, Fletcher Challenge Energy, Shell
Todd Oil Services
Ltd, BP, Mobil Oils and Liquid Gas Ltd, containing some of the largest storage tanks in the Southern
region
Hemisphere. Port Taranaki (Westgate Ltd) is also within the zone. Westgate imports and exports large
quantities of
petroleum products - some of these products enter the tank farms by a network of high-pressure
pipelines which are in
a common corridor running along the cliff tops at Omata to the tank farms. Westgate has the largest dry
storage
complex in the country for the storage of dairy produce that is exported overseas.
The career station, New Plymouth Central Fire Station, is based on Liardet Street in the CBD. The
brigade has four
appliances, one HAZMAT/Command unit and two support vehicles based at the station with enough
room to house a
crew to cater for 2 appliances 24/7 with support personal working during the day - the crews work on a
4 on 4 off roster
system (2 days with 2 night shifts). Not only does this particular brigade covers the New Plymouth
metropolitan area,
but also covers the Bell Block area and supports the New Plymouth Airport, although there is a fire
appliance based at
the airport for emergency landings. New Plymouth Central Fire Station was previously based
Powderham Street,
next to the AA building in the early 1900s, 400m from its current location. After the fire bridge moved to
its current
location, the local radio station Energy FM, which is now Mediaworks Radio, used the upper floor for
their operations.
They moved to Devon Street in the late 1980s. The brigade supplies their specialist resources, like their
24m bronto
skylift appliance, HAZMAT/Command unit, Incident Support Vehicle and additional crews, to other
surrounding
Brigades in large emergencies, if needed.
New Plymouth West Volunteer Fire Brigade is New Plymouth's second fire brigade which is based in the
suburban
area of Spotswood, which is close to Port Taranaki, Cool Stores and a number of storage tanks. The brigade has one
appliance which requires volunteers to man when called. New Plymouth West Brigade supports, New Plymouth Central, Oakura, Inglewood and the Waitara Brigades.
Port Taranaki is the home port for HMNZS Endeavour but is based at the Devonport Navy Base on
Auckland's North
ShoreFeatures and attractions[edit]
New Plymouth District has a reputation as an events centre, with major festivals (the annual TSB Bank
Festival of
Lights, Taranaki Powerco Garden Spectacular, WOMAD and the biennial Taranaki Arts Festival), sports
fixtures
(including international rugby, surfing, cricket and tennis matches, and the annual ITU World Cup
Triathlon) and
concerts (from Sir Elton John, Jack Johnson, R.E.M and Fleetwood Mac).
With its rich volcanic soil, the city is well known for its gardens. Chief among them are the 52 ha
Pukekura Park in the
centre of the city (named a Garden of National Significance), and Pukeiti, a rhododendron garden of
international
significance high on the Pouakai Range.
Pukekura Park is also the home of the TSB Bank Festival of Lights, which runs for free every year from
mid-December
to early February. It has daytime and night time programmes of events for people of all ages, and the
festival itself
transforms the park into an illuminated wonderland every evening.
Next to the foreshore in the central city is Puke Ariki – the world’s first purpose-built, fully integrated
museum, library
and information centre which tells the stories of Taranaki in a variety of interactive media.
Nearby is the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, a contemporary art museum and the home of the collection
of film maker and kinetic artist Len Lye. Plans are in place to house Lye's collection in a purpose-built centre next to
thegallery,
making New Plymouth the world centre for Len Lye.
Te Rewa Rewa Bridge which immediately became a symbol of the extensive cycling opportunities that
have been
created in and around New Plymouth.
New Plymouth - Coastal Walkway
The Coastal Walkway is a 11 km path that forms an expansive sea-edge promenade stretching almost
the entire length
of the city, from the Bell Block mouth in the east to Port Taranaki in the west. The pathway includes the
iconic Te Rewa
Rewa Bridge and is ideal for walking, running, cycling or skating, or simply enjoying the view of the
dramatic west coaIt
has won numerous awards, including the Cycle Friendly Award in 2008 for the best New Zealand cycle
facility.
Right next to the Coastal Walkway is the Todd Energy Aquatic Centre, with indoor and outdoor pools, a
diving pool,
hydroslides, spa, sauna and gym.
Mount Taranaki/Egmont provides recreation opportunities, from skiing and snowboarding to rock
climbing and alpine
walks. The North Egmont Visitors Centre is 20 minutes' drive from central New Plymouth.
Taranaki is known as big wave territory with some of the country's best surfing spots found off this
coastline.
The region has 20 golf courses, ranging from nine-hole country courses where you have to move the
sheep, through to
Ngamotu Links–consistently rated one of the best golf courses in New Zealand. All 20 golf courses are
within an hour’s
drive of each other.
Centre City Shopping Centre is the only mall in New Plymouth. It contains over 55 shops and services.
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New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New
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named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated.
Points of interest
Pukekura Park
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Puke Ariki
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Te Rewa Rewa Bridge
Te Rewa Rewa Bridge
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