Waitati
Waitati, from the Māori Waitete, is a small seaside settlement in Otago, New Zealand, within the city limits of Dunedin. It is located close to the tidal mudflats of Blueskin Bay, 19 kilometres north of the Dunedin city centre.Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 573 residents
- Description: locality in Dunedin City, Otago Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Blueskin” and “Waitete”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blueskin Bay and Waitati Cemetery.
Blueskin Bay
Photo: Alistair Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blueskin Bay is in Otago, New Zealand, 25 km north of Dunedin, 25 km south of Palmerston, and 350 km south of Christchurch. The area's small towns and villages of Waitati, Warrington, Seacliff, Evansdale and Doctors Point attract lifestyle-commuter types who work in the city and alternative dudes who want to do their own thing.
Mōpānui
Peak
Photo: Giantflightlessbirds, CC BY 4.0.
Mōpānui is a peak, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Waitati.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evansdale and Warrington.
Evansdale
Hamlet
Evansdale is a locality on State Highway 1, 25 km north of Dunedin, at the north west of Blueskin Bay. It also has lent its name to a cheese producer, and a census-gathering district, which has a population of 1,482 in the 2013 New Zealand census, an increase of 198 people since the 2006 census. Evansdale is situated 3 km north of Waitati.
Warrington
Village
Warrington, known in Māori as Ōkāhau, is a small settlement on the coast of Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated close to the northern shore of Blueskin Bay, an area of mudflats north of Dunedin, and is administered as part of Dunedin City. Warrington is situated 4½ km north of Waitati.
Pūrākaunui
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pūrākaunui is a small settlement in Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located within the bounds of the city of Dunedin, in a rural coastal area some 25 km to the north of the city centre. Pūrākaunui is situated 5 km east of Waitati.
Waitati
- Category: locality
- Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.7483° or 45° 44′ 54″ southLongitude
170.57036° or 170° 34′ 13″ eastPopulation
573Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
4V6G7H2C+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1339150537OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2179825Wikidata ID
Q2540781
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Waitati” goes by many names.
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