New Plymouth Business Services
Population
66,200
Major Industry
Major service centre for agricultural region of
Taranaki, oil and gas.
Meeting Options
Hotel meeting rooms for small conferences, up to 450. TSB Showplace offers theatre-style seating of 455 and exhibition space.
Getting Your Bearings Devon Street is the main road. A one-way system runs parallel to this on Powderham and Courtenay Streets (running north) and Vivian and Leach Streets (heading south).
Business Overview The area's economy has a strong agricultural base, with emphasis on dairy farming. There is oil and gas production, a natural gas fuelled power station and other petrochemical industry, heavy and light engineering, horticulture and tourism.