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Story: Bay of Plenty region

Main street, Tauranga

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Main street, Tauranga

Tauranga’s population has grown quickly, along with traffic problems and high-rise buildings on a scale usually associated with larger cities. This is Devonport Road, the main street and one of the major retail precincts.

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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/photograph/5643/main-street-tauranga (accessed 4 June 2026).

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