New Plymouth is the port and main city in the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.New Plymouth city 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 only non-government New Zealand-owned bank.
New Plymouth city New Zealand, 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.
in New Plymouth :
Pukekura Park is a unique public area of native and exotic plants, close to the city centre.
Nearby Pukeiti is the home of one of the country's top rhododendron gardens, run by the Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust.