Holiday Ayo - The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Maui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait.

The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi), making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 3,896,200 (June 2020), accounting for approximately 77% of the total residents of New Zealand.

Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island.

Although the island has been known as the North Island for many years, in 2009 the New Zealand Geographic Board found that, along with the South Island, the North Island had no official name.

After a public consultation, the board officially named the island North Island or Te Ika a Maui in October 2013.

In prose, the two main islands of New Zealand are called the North Island and the South Island, with the definite article.

It is also normal to use the preposition in rather than on, for example "Hamilton is in the North Island", "my mother lives in the North Island". Maps, headings, tables, and adjectival expressions use North Island without "the".