North Island: Difference between revisions

The '''North Island''', also officially named '''''Te Ika-a-Māui''''',<ref>{{cite news |title=Two official options for NZ island names |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11138153 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |agency=APNZ |date=10 October 2013 |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> is one of the two main [[islands of New Zealand]], separated from the larger but less populous [[South Island]] by [[Cook Strait]]. With an area of {{cvt|113729|km2}},<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www2.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/web/nzstories.nsf/092edeb76ed5aa6bcc256afe0081d84e/54e50d25aff60a7bcc256b1e007adcb6?OpenDocument |title=Quick Facts – Land and Environment : Geography – Physical Features |publisher=Statistics New Zealand |year=2000 |access-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130408074526/http://www2.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/web/nzstories.nsf/092edeb76ed5aa6bcc256afe0081d84e/54e50d25aff60a7bcc256b1e007adcb6?OpenDocument |archive-date=8 April 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> it is the [[List of islands by area|world's 14th-largest island]], constituting 44% of New Zealand's land area. It has a population of {{NZ population data 2018|North Island regions|y|y|y|(|),}} which is {{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|North Island regions|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|New Zealand|y}}|R}}*100|0}}% of New Zealand's residents,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-26 |title=77% of NZers live in North Island |url= https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/342419/77-percent-of-nzers-live-in-north-island |access-date=2021-11-19 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> making it the most populous island in [[Polynesia]] and the [[List of islands by population|28th-most-populous island]] in the world.