Orewa
Orewa is a settlement in the northern Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is a suburb of the Hibiscus Coast, just north of the base of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula and 40 kilometres north of central Auckland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 12,000 residents
- Description: beachside town in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Ōrewa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ōrewa Beach and Thought Pattern.
Orewa College
School
Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.
Orewa College is a state coeducational combined intermediate and secondary school located in Orewa, on the Hibiscus Coast north of Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 2132 students from Years 7 to 13 attend the school as of July 2025.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hatfields Beach and Red Beach.
Hatfields Beach
Suburb
Hatfields Beach is a northern coastal suburb of Auckland, in New Zealand. It is on the Hibiscus Coast Highway about 40 kilometres north of the city centre. In 2011, the beach was officially gazetted as Ōtānerua / Hatfields Beach.
Red Beach
Suburb
Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Beach is a suburb surrounding the beach of the same name on the Hibiscus Coast, Auckland, New Zealand, at the base of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula. The suburb of Silverdale is to the south-west, and Orewa to the north.
Millwater
Suburb
Millwater is a northern suburb of Auckland, located in New Zealand. It is about 33 kilometres north of the city centre. The Auckland Northern Motorway and Orewa River form its western and northern boundaries respectively. Millwater is situated 2½ km southwest of Orewa.
Orewa
- Category: locality
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.58576° or 36° 35′ 9″ southLongitude
174.6915° or 174° 41′ 29″ eastPopulation
12,000Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
4VMPCM7R+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 795264556OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2185445Wikidata ID
Q576540
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In Other Languages
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Orewa”. Photo: Bjankuloski06en, CC BY-SA 3.0.