Waimate North

Waimate North is a small settlement in Northland, New Zealand. It is situated between Kerikeri and Lake Ōmāpere, west of the Bay of Islands. It was one of the earliest centres of European settlement and features the second-oldest surviving European building in New Zealand, at Te Waimate Mission.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include St. John the Baptist Church.

St. John the Baptist Church

Church

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St John the Baptist Church is an heritage-listed Anglican Church and associated churchyard built in 1831 by the Church Missionary Society at Te Waimate mission at Waimate North, inland from the Bay of Islands, in New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōhaeawai and Puketona.

Ōhaeawai

Village

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Ōhaeawai is a small village at the junction of State Highway 1 and State Highway 12 in the Far North District of New Zealand, some 250 km from Auckland. Ōhaeawai is situated 4½ km south of Waimate North.

Puketona

Hamlet

Puketona is a locality at the junction of State Highway 10 and State Highway 11 in the Far North District of New Zealand. Kerikeri is 10 kilometres north, Paihia is 14 kilometres east, Moerewa is 15 kilometres southeast, and Kaikohe is 20 kilometres southwest. Puketona is situated 7 km east of Waimate North.

Pakaraka

Hamlet

Photo: Moriori, Public domain.

Pakaraka is a village in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand, at the junction of State Highway 1 and 10. Pakaraka is situated 8 km southeast of Waimate North.

Waimate North

Type: Hamlet with 2,800 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

-35.31316° or 35° 18′ 47″ south

Longitude

173.88553° or 173° 53′ 8″ east

Population

2,800

Elevation

179 metres (587 feet)

Open location code

4VPMMVPP+P6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7764590582

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2180173

Wikidata ID

Q4280193

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Waimate North” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Waimate North”
Dutch: “Waimate North”
French: “Waimate North”
Malay: “Waimate Utara”
Maori: “Waimate North”
Turkish: “Waimate North”

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Highlights include Bedgood Buildings and Te Waimate Mission House.

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