New Zealand - Tauranga - The Strand, Tauranga - Circa 1940 - Unknown Photographer - Originally published in "Souvenir of Tauranga" (George White Publications) #604395 Tauranga - The most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region - The fifth most populous city of New Zealand - Settled by Māori late in the 13th century - Settled by Europeans in the early 19th century - Constituted as a city in 1963 - One of New Zealand's main centres for business, international trade - he Port of Tauranga is New Zealand's largest port in terms of gross export tonnage and efficiency. - One of New Zealand's fastest growing cities Reference: Wikipedia