Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty, regional council, eastern North Island, New Zealand. It encompasses the narrow 100-mile (160-km) stretch of lowlands fronting the Bay of Plenty and extends from Matakana Island eastward to Cape Runaway. The Rangitaiki, Whakatane, and Motu rivers drain northward into the bay. The region also extends inland (south) from the bay roughly 40 miles (64 km) to include much of the Volcanic Plateau that is the heart of North Island’s thermal belt. The...