page_title: North Island
section_title: Major geographic features
hierarchical_section_title: North Island / Major geographic features
caption_attribution_description: English: New Zealand - North Island
context_page_description: The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres, making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 3,760,900.
  Twelve main urban areas are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and Wellington, the capital, located at the south-west extremity of the island. About 76% of New Zealand's population lives in the North Island.
caption: The North Island, in relation to the South Island
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