abstract:Mount Maunganui is a town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, located on a peninsula to the north of Tauranga. It was independent from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988.
Heavy rain meant celebrations in Palmerston North, MountMaunganui, Rotorua and on Wellington's waterfront were called off, the New Zealand Herald reported.
