Ōkiwi
Ōkiwi is a small settlement and rural community at the head of the Whangapoua Estuary, in Whangapoua Bay, on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: locality on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Okiwi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Okiwi Airfield and Mount Hobson.
Okiwi Airfield
Aerodrome
Okiwi Airfield, also called Okiwi Station Airfield, is a small airfield located near the village of Ōkiwi on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. It has a single bitumen runway, and a small terminal in the form of a wooden hut. Okiwi Airfield is situated 2½ km northeast of Ōkiwi.
Mount Hobson
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Mount Hobson is the highest mountain on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Located in the centre of the island, it rises 627 m above sea level. Mount Hobson is situated 4 km southeast of Ōkiwi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Motairehe and Whangaparapara.
Motairehe
Village
Motairehe is a settlement located in Katherine Bay, on the northwestern coast Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. The marae Motairehe Marae and its Whakaruruhau meeting house which are affiliated with Ngātiwai Ki Aotea are located here. Motairehe is situated 4½ km north of Ōkiwi.
Whangaparapara
Village
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Whangaparapara is a harbour and coastal community on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. Europeans settled Whangaparapara for mining, timber milling and whaling. It is now a tourism and boating spot, where boats can pick up fuel and water. Whangaparapara is situated 10 km south of Ōkiwi.
Ōkiwi
- Category: locality
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.15528° or 36° 9′ 19″ southLongitude
175.39295° or 175° 23′ 35″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
4VMQR9VV+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3216519998OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Ōkiwi” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Okiwi”
- Turkish: “Okiwi”
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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 “Ōkiwi”. Photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY 2.5.