Tauranga
Tauranga is a city 105 km east of Hamilton and 85 km north of Rotorua in the western Bay of Plenty on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the largest city in the Bay of Plenty and the fifth largest in the country. Wikivoyage
Population 151,300 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in New Zealand
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Tauranga. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Tauranga Art Gallery Gallery · 220 m -
Tauranga war memorial gates Memorial · 260 m - Bay Explorer Attraction · 380 m
- Tauranga Maori NZ Wars memorial Memorial · 970 m
- Rawiri Puhirake NZ Wars memorial Memorial · 1000 m
- Tauranga naval NZ Wars memorial Memorial · 1000 m
- Te Papa Bakery Archaeological site · 270 m
- Te Awanui Attraction · 430 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Eating nearby
All 28 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.
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