New Zealand - Tauranga - Looking towards The Mount across Welcome Bay - Circa 1915 - Photo Postcard Format #335724 Welcome Bay - A suburb of Tauranga - In the 2013 census the population of the greater Welcome Bay area was 8670 - Located 7 kilometres from central Tauranga - Neighbouring suburbs include Hairini and Maungatapu - The name Welcome Bay has been used for the area as early as 1872 by the Bay of Plenty Times. - The name may have originated from an early settler Jonathon Brown. 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