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oil field, New Zealand
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Kapuni, locality in Taranaki local government region, a natural gas and oil field south of Mount Taranaki (Egmont), western North Island, New Zealand. Petroleum from the locality is piped to Auckland and Wellington, principally for use as a household fuel. Natural gas produced at Kapuni supplies a wide area and is conveyed by pipeline to the principal cities of North Island. The town of Kapuni, on the Kaupokonui River, is a service centre for an area that has one of the highest rural population densities in the country. It lies on a rail line to New Plymouth. Pop. (2006) 1,362.

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