TRC Better Travel Choices for Taranaki strategy Part A Better Travel Choices
comprising 18% of the district’s population. Iwi and hapū of the Taranaki region are Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Maru (Te Iwi o Maruwharanui), Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Tama, Taranaki Iwi, and Te Atiawa. In June 2020, Taranaki’s unemployment rate was at 4.3% with only small variations from one district to another (compared to 4% nationally). Households without access to a motor vehicle is highest in New Plymouth district (7.2% of