Ruapapaka Island
Ruapapaka Island is an island in New Zealand. Ruapapaka Island is situated nearby to the locality Horeke, as well as near Mangungu.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mangungu Mission House and Māngungu Mission.
Māngungu Mission
Museum
Māngungu Mission was the second mission station established in New Zealand by the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Located near Horeke, in the Hokianga Harbour, it was founded in 1828 by the missionaries John Hobbs and James Stack after the first WMS mission station in the country had been sacked the previous year.
Wairere Boulders
Wairere Boulders is a privately owned nature reserve and tourist attraction at Horeke in the south Hokianga region of Northland, New Zealand. The property contains geologically rare rock formations. Wairere Boulders is situated 3 km southeast of Ruapapaka Island.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horeke and Kohukohu.
Horeke
Horeke is a small isolated town on the shores of the Hokianga Harbour, in the North Island of New Zealand.Kohukohu
Photo: Poliocretes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kohukohu is a village on the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand. Kohukohu is situated on the northern shore of the harbour where it splits into two rivers, the Mangamuka River branching inland to the northeast and the Waihou River leading towards the east past Mangungu, Horeke and Rangiahua.
Umawera
Hamlet
Umawera is a community in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 1 runs through the community. Mangamuka Bridge is to the northwest, and Rangiahua is to the east. Umawera is situated 7 km north of Ruapapaka Island.
Ruapapaka Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Putapapaka Islet”
- Category: landform
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.35° or 35° 21′ southLongitude
173.58333° or 173° 35′ eastElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
4VPMJHXM+X8GeoNames ID
2183135
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Karewakirunga Pa or Muriwai’s Pa and Tutehe Pa.
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