  {| class="infobox geography bordered" style="width: 22em; font-size: 95%;" |- |colspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: #bfdfff"|taranaki |- |country: || new zealand |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|right|220px |- !colspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: #bfdfff"|regional council |- |name:||taranaki regional council |- |seat:||stratford |- |largest city:||new plymouth |- |population:|| |- |land area:||7,257&nbsp;kmÂ² |- |chair:||david macleod |- |deputy chair:||david lean |- |website:||http://www.trc.govt.nz/ |- !colspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: #bfdfff"|tangata whenua |- |local iwi||te Äti awa, ngÄ rauru, ngÄ ruahine, ngÄti ruanui, ngÄti maru, ngÄti mutunga, ngÄti tama pakakohi, tangahoe, taranaki |- !colspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: #bfdfff"|cities and towns |- |cities:||new plymouth |- |towns, villages and districts:|| ahititi, alton, auroa, awakino, bell block, cardiff, douglas, eltham, hawera, huiakama, huiroa, hurleyville, hurworth, inglewood, kakaramea, kaponga, kapuni, lepperton, manaia, mangatoki, mangorei, midhirst, mokau, motunui, ngaere, ngamatapouri, normanby, oakura, oaonui, ohangai, okato, omata, onaero, opunake, patea, pungarehu, puniho, rahotu, ratapiko, rawhitiroa, stratford, strathmore, te popo, toko, tongaporutu, tututawa, urenui, uruti, vogeltown, waipuku, waitara, waitoriki, warea, waverley, welbourn, westown, whenuakura |- !colspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: #bfdfff"|territorial authorities |- |names:||new plymouth district councilstratford district council (part)south taranaki district council |- |websites:||http://www.stratford.govt.nzhttp://www.newplymouthnz.comhttp://www.stdc.govt.nz |} taranaki is a region in the west of new zealand's north island, administered by the taranaki regional council. it is named for its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of [[mount ta
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