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Glossary term

New Plymouth

Definition

  • New Plymouth is a city on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. 

  • It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated.

  • It's te reo Māori name is Ngāmotu.

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