Waikuku
Waikuku is a small town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, which sits 28 km north of central Christchurch. Waikuku lies 11.8 km south of Leithfield on state highway 1 and 3 km north of Woodend.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pegasus and Waikuku Beach.
Pegasus
Town
Pegasus is a new town in the Waimakariri District of Canterbury, New Zealand. Named for the nearby Pegasus Bay, it is adjacent to the town of Woodend and is 25 km north of Christchurch.
Waikuku Beach
Village
Photo: Wildman NZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waikuku Beach is a small settlement on the coast of the Canterbury region of New Zealand, about 3 km east of the settlement of Waikuku. The sandy beach is popular with surfers and swimmers, and the large estuary of the Ashley River hosts many species of birds. Waikuku Beach is situated 3 km east of Waikuku.
Woodend
Town
Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodend is a town in the Waimakariri District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It may have been named because it was on the edge of what was then called the Maori Bush, or after an early settler, Thomas Wooding. Woodend is situated 3½ km southwest of Waikuku.
Waikuku
- Type: Village with 156 residents
- Description: town in Canterbury, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Waimakariri District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.29306° or 43° 17′ 35″ southLongitude
172.68368° or 172° 41′ 1″ eastPopulation
156Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
4V8JPM4M+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 448294801OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2180219Wikidata ID
Q7960049
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Waikuku” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waikuku”
- Dutch: “Waikuku”
- French: “Waikuku”
- Malay: “Waikuku”
- Maori: “Waikuku”
- Polish: “Waikuku”
- Turkish: “Waikuku”
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