Major Islands of the World
Major Islands of the World : Australia
| Baffin | Borneo | Ellesmere
| Great Britain | Greenland
| Hawaii | Honshu
| Java | Lombok
| Luzon | Madagascar
| Male Island | New
Guinea | North Island |
Ross Island
| South Island | Sri
Lanka | Sulawesi | Sumatra
| Taiwan | Victoria
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island.The island is 113,729 square km in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 3,148,400 .
Several important cities are in the North Island, notably New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, and Wellington, the capital, located at the southern extremity of the island. Approximately 76% of New Zealand's population lives in the North Island.
According to Maori mythology, that the North and South Islands of New Zealand came from the time of Maui, who was a demigod. Maui and his brothers were fishing from their canoe (the South Island) when he caught a great fish and pulled it from the sea. While he was not looking his brothers fought over the fish and chopped it up. This great fish became the North Island and thus the Maori name for the North Island is Te Ika-a-Maui (The Fish of Maui). The mountains and valleys are said to have been formed as a result of Maui's brothers' hacking at the fish.
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Emerald Lakes, Tongariro National Park, North Island, New Zealand
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Champagne Pool, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
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Speedboat off Island Coastline, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand, North Island
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