Whakamarama

Whakamārama is a rural area in the Western Bay of Plenty District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It includes a section of State Highway 2 between Ōmokoroa and Te Puna that underwent major maintenance work in early 2020.

Type: Hamlet
Description: locality in Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
Also known as: “Whakamārama”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minden and Ōmokoroa.

Minden

Hamlet

Photo: Gadfium, CC0.

Minden is a rural community in the Western Bay of Plenty District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The peak that the area is named after was named after the 1759 Battle of Minden in Prussia by a soldier stationed in Tauranga in 1866 after the Tauranga campaign. Minden is situated 6 km east of Whakamarama.

Ōmokoroa

Town

Photo: QFSE Media, CC BY 3.0 nz.

Ōmokoroa is a small urban area in the Western Bay of Plenty District of New Zealand. The suburb is considered part of Greater Tauranga, and is within the Coromandel electorate. Ōmokoroa is situated 7 km north of Whakamarama.

Apata

Hamlet

Apata is a locality in the Western Bay of Plenty District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island, close to Tauranga Harbour. The East Coast Main Trunk railway and State Highway 2 run through Apata. Apata is situated 8 km north of Whakamarama.

Whakamarama

Category: locality
Location: Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.71697° or 37° 43′ 1″ south

Longitude

175.9955° or 175° 59′ 44″ east

Elevation

265 metres (869 feet)

Open location code

4VJQ7XMW+65

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12813674229

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2179417

Wikidata ID

Q25660697

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Maori to Turkish—“Whakamarama” goes by many names.

Maori: “Whakamārama”
Turkish: “Whakamārama”

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