Palmerston North City

Palmerston North City is a medium-sized city in the southern half of the North Island of New Zealand, the only officially-named "city" in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region.

It comprises the eponymous urban area, which straddles the Manawatu River, and a few outlying villages, notably Ashhurst in the north-east, Bunnythorpe in the north, and Longburn in the west. Its south-eastern boundary is the summit ridge of the Tararua Range.