New Zealand - Mount Maunganui - Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Beach and Mount, - View of residential area looking to the mount - 1940's Period - Original Photo card #330094 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. (wikipedia)