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==Naming and usage==
Although the island has been known as the North Island for many years, the Māori name for it is Te Ika-a-Māui. On some 19th-century maps, the North Island is named [[New Ulster]], which was also a [[Provinces of New Zealand|province of New Zealand]] that included the North Island. In 2009 the [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] found that, along with the South Island, the North Island had no official name.<ref name=LINZ2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/about-geographic-board/nzgb-news-notices/2009/0421-alternative-maori-names |title=The New Zealand Geographic Board Considers North and South Island Names |date=21 April 2009 |publisher=Land Information New Zealand |access-date=28 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214154742/http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/about-geographic-board/nzgb-news-notices/2009/0421-alternative-maori-names |archive-date=14 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After a public consultation, the board officially named it North Island, or the aforementioned Te Ika-a-Māui, in October 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two official options for NZ island names |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11138153 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=10 October 2013 |date=10 October 2013}}</ref>
In prose, the two main islands of New Zealand are called ''the North Island'' and ''the South Island'', with the definite article.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williamson |first1=Maurice |title=Names of NZ's two main islands formalised |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/names-nz%E2%80%99s-two-main-islands-formalised |website=Beehive.govt.nz |publisher=New Zealand Government |access-date=10 April 2020 |date=11 October 2013}}</ref> It is also normal to use the [[preposition]] ''in'' rather than ''on'', for example "Hamilton is in the North Island", "my mother lives in the North Island".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/styleguide/n ''Guardian'' and ''Observer'' style guide: N ("New Zealand")]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121124004/http://www.theguardian.com/styleguide/n |date=21 January 2014 }}. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 15 April 2019.</ref> Maps, headings, tables, and adjectival expressions use ''North Island'' without "the".
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