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== Geography == The region is situated on the east coast of the [[North Island]]. It bears the former name of what is now [[Hawke Bay]], a large semi-circular bay that extends for 100 kilometres from northeast to southwest from [[MΔhia Peninsula]] to [[Cape Kidnappers]]. The Hawke's Bay Region includes the hilly coastal land around the northern and central bay, the floodplains of the [[Wairoa River, Hawke's Bay|Wairoa River]] in the north, the wide fertile [[Heretaunga Plains]] around [[Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings]] in the south, and a hilly interior stretching up into the [[Kaweka Ranges|Kaweka]] and [[Ruahine Ranges]]. The prominent peak [[Taraponui]] is located inland. Five major rivers flow to the Hawke's Bay coast. From north to south, they are the [[Wairoa River (Hawke's Bay)|Wairoa River]], [[Mohaka River]], [[Tutaekuri River]], [[Ngaruroro River]] and [[Tukituki River]]. [[Lake Waikaremoana]], situated in northern Hawke's Bay, roughly 35 km from the coast, is the largest lake in Hawke's Bay, the fourth largest in the North Island and the 16th largest in New Zealand. The region has a hill with the longest place name in New Zealand, and the longest in the world according to the 2009 Guinness Book of Records. [[Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu|Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu]] is an otherwise unremarkable hill in southern Hawke's Bay, not far from [[Waipukurau]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town with the longest name in New Zealand |url=https://www.newzealand.com/us/feature/the-longest-place-name-in-new-zealand/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=www.newzealand.com |language=en-US}}</ref><gallery mode="nolines" widths="180"> File:Cape Kidnappers from south.jpg|[[Cape Kidnappers]] File:Kayaking the Gr.5 Mohaka River.jpg|[[Mohaka River]] File:Hawke's Bay region view.jpg|Countryside File:Tukituki River and Te Mata Peak, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, 12 May 2006 (145004910) (cropped).jpg|[[Tukituki River]] and [[Te Mata Peak]] File:Kaweka Range, New Zealand 06.JPG|[[Kaweka Range]]s </gallery>
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