Ōkaihau
Ōkaihau is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island, just north of Kaikohe. State Highway 1 passes through Ōkaihau making it fairly busy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 324 residents
- Description: locality in Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Okaihau”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Okaihau College and Lake Ōmāpere.
Okaihau College
School
In 1973 the Ōkaihau district high school in the Far North District of New Zealand was granted Form 1–7 status and became Okaihau College with Mr. Laurenson as first principal.
Lake Ōmāpere
Lake Ōmāpere is the largest lake in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is located to the North of Kaikohe. The lake sits within the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field. Lake Ōmāpere is situated 4 km southeast of Ōkaihau.Ōkaihau
- Category: locality
- Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.32088° or 35° 19′ 15″ southLongitude
173.77031° or 173° 46′ 13″ eastPopulation
324Elevation
262 metres (860 feet)Open location code
4VPMMQHC+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1762076007OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2185786Wikidata ID
Q952241
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Turkish—“Ōkaihau” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Акайхау”
- Cebuano: “Okaihau”
- Dutch: “Okaihau”
- French: “Okaihau (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Okaihau”
- German: “Okaihau”
- Malay: “Okaihau”
- Maori: “Ōkaihau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Okaihau”
- Polish: “Okaihau”
- Russian: “Окаихау”
- Turkish: “Ōkaihau”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lake Ōmāpere and Waihou Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Okaihau Volunteer Fire Brigade and Two Ponga Park.
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