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Story: Bay of Plenty region

Town populations, 1896–1961

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Town populations, 1896–1961

The growth sequence of ‘no, slow, fast’ is evident in this graph of the populations of Bay of Plenty towns between 1896 and 1961.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty region – Population: 1840 onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/5640/town-populations-1896-1961 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.