What is New Plymouth?
{{unreferenced|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox settlement |name=New Plymouth |native_name=<small>Ngāmotu ([[Māori language|Māori]])</small> |settlement_type=[[cities of New Zealand|City]]<!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.--> |total_type=Territorial |image_skyline=Across New Plymouth to Mt. Taranaki.jpg |image_caption=Looking across New Plymouth with [[Mount Taranaki]] in the distance in mid-July 2010 |pushpin_map=Taranaki |coordinates = {{coord|39|04|S|174|05|E|region:NZ|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type= Country |subdivision_name= {{NZL}} |subdivision_type1= [[Regions of New Zealand|Region]] |subdivision_name1= [[Taranaki Region|Taranaki]] |subdivision_type2= [[Territorial authority]] |subdivision_name2= [[New Plymouth District]] |established_title = Settled |established_date = 31 March 1841 |seat_type=Electorate |seat=[[New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)|New Plymouth]] |leader_name=Jonathan Young |leader_party=[[New Zealand National Party|National]] |leader_title=[[Member of Parliament|MP]] |leader_name1=Neil Holdom |leader_title1=[[Mayor of New Plymouth|Mayor]] |leader_name2=Craig McFarlane |leader_title2=Deputy Mayor |area_total_km2=2324.26 |population_total={{formatnum:{{NZ population data|New Plymouth District|y}}|R}} |population_density_km2=auto |population_urban={{formatnum:{{NZ population data||y}}|R}} |timezone = [[Time in New Zealand|NZST]] |utc_offset = +12 |timezone_DST = NZDT |utc_offset_DST = +13 |postal_code_type= Postcode(s) |postal_code= 4310, 4312 |area_code=06 |website= {{URL|newplymouthnz.com}} }} '''New Plymouth''' is the major city of the [[Taranaki|Taranaki Region]] on the west coast of the [[North Island]] of [[New Zealand]]. It is named after [[Plymouth, Devon]] and [[England]]. This district includes New Plymouth City and a few smaller towns. The district has 1.7 percent of the country's residents. [[New Plymouth Airport]] is the 11th busiest airport in New Zealand, with regular flights to [[Wellington]], [[Auckland]] and [[Christchurch]]. == History == In 1828, [[Richard Barrett