New Zealand - Tauranga / Mr. Maunganui - A view showing Mount Maunganui which stands at the entrance of the Tauranga Harbour - 15/6/1922 - A. J. Mirrielees Photographer - Originally published in "The Auckland Weekly News" #336784 Mount Maunganui - A major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga - Located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre - An independent town from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988, which connects Mount Maunganui to Tauranga's central business district. - Mount Maunganui is also the name of the large lava dome which was formed by the upwelling of rhyolite lava about two to three million years ago. - It is officially known by its Māori name Mauao, but is colloquially known in New Zealand simply as The Mount. Tauranga - Tauranga was settled by Māori late in the 13th century and by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963. - Tauranga is located around a large harbour that extends along the western Bay of Plenty, and is protected by Matakana Island and the extinct volcano of Mauao (Mount Maunganui). - The Port of Tauranga is New Zealand's largest port in terms of gross export tonnage and efficiency. (source - Wikipedia)