See Also: North Island(dictionary)
North Island(encyclopedia)
Cat Island(tourism)
bam island(medicine)
island(1)(dictionary)
island(2)(dictionary)
off-island(dictionary)
NEW ISLAND(finance)
The Island(finance)
Big Island Air(tourism)

North Island (sh)




Island (pop., 2001 est.: 2,849,724), New Zealand.

The smaller of the country's two principal islands, it is separated from South Island by the Cook Strait. It has an area of 44,702 sq mi (115,777 sq km). A growing majority of the population of New Zealand lives on North Island, concentrated in the cities of Wellington and Auckland.