Mercer

Mercer is a village in the Waikato District Council area of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 70 km north of Hamilton and 58 km south of Auckland, on the east bank of the Waikato River, 2 km south of its confluence with the Mangatāwhiri River.

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Type: Hamlet with 123 residents
Description: locality in Waikato District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Also known as: “Mercer Town District” and “Mercer, New Zealand”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pōkeno and Meremere.

Pōkeno

Town

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Pōkeno is a town in the Waikato District of the Waikato region in New Zealand, 53 km southeast of Auckland, 9 km from Tuakau and 5 km from Mercer. State Highway 1 originally ran through the town, but the upgrading of the highway in 1992 to expressway standards mean that the town has been bypassed. Pōkeno is situated 4 km northwest of Mercer.

Meremere

Village

Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Meremere is a small town in the northern Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the east bank of the Waikato River, 50 kilometres north of Hamilton and 63 km south of Auckland. Meremere is situated 5 km south of Mercer.

Mercer

Category: locality
Location: Waikato District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.27657° or 37° 16′ 36″ south

Longitude

175.0485° or 175° 2′ 55″ east

Population

123

Elevation

19 metres (62 feet)

Open location code

4VJQP2FX+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 567601170

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2186912

Wikidata ID

Q15253083

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Mercer” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Mercer, New Zealand”
French: “Mercer (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
French: “Mercer”
Maori: “Mercer”
Turkish: “Mercer”

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Highlights include Mercer Museum and Mercer Volunteer Fire Brigade.

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