Waipapa

Waipapa is a small town in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 10, approximately 10 minutes drive from Kerikeri, the nearest urban centre.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rainbow Falls and Wharepoke Falls.

Rainbow Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Kaiwhakahaere, Public domain.

The Rainbow Falls, Māori name Waianiwaniwa, are a single-drop waterfall located on the Kerikeri River near Kerikeri in New Zealand. Unlike most New Zealand waterfalls which are created by the erosion of soft rock, the Rainbow Falls are sited on a hard basalt layer of rock beside softer mudstone.

Wharepoke Falls

Waterfall

Photo: ShakyIsles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wharepoke Falls is a waterfall, which is situated 3½ km east of Waipapa.

Springbank School

School

Kerikeri is a town in the Bay of Islands, in the Far North District of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the head of Kerikeri Inlet, a northwestern arm of the Bay of Islands, where fresh water of the Kerikeri River enters the Pacific Ocean. Springbank School is situated 4 km south of Waipapa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kapiro and Kerikeri.

Kapiro

Hamlet

Kapiro is a locality in the Far North District of Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 10 passes through Kapiro. Waipapa is 2.7 km south, and Kaeo is 19 km northwest, by road. Kapiro is situated 2½ km north of Waipapa.

Kerikeri

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kerikeri is a popular tourist destination in the famous Bay of Islands on the North Island of New Zealand. Often described as the Cradle of the Nation, it is the site of the first permanent mission station in the country, and has some of the most historic buildings in New Zealand.

Rangitane

Village

Rangitane or Rangitāne is a settlement on the east bank of the Rangitane River and the northern shore of the Kerikeri Inlet in the Far North District of New Zealand. Rangitane is situated 7 km east of Waipapa.

Waipapa

Type: Village with 174 residents
Description: locality in Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand
Category: locality
Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.20685° or 35° 12′ 25″ south

Longitude

173.91906° or 173° 55′ 9″ east

Population

174

Elevation

71 metres (233 feet)

Open location code

4VPMQWV9+7J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1762047688

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2180048

Wikidata ID

Q2540707

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Waipapa” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Waipapa”
French: “Waipapa”
German: “Waipapa”
Japanese: “ワイパパ”
Maori: “Waipapa”
Polish: “Waipapa”
Turkish: “Waipapa”

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Highlights include Waipapa Hall and Kerikeri Tennis Club.

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