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Kawakawa

Kawakawa is a small town in the area of the of New Zealand. Kawakawa developed as a service town when coal was found there in the 1860s, but coal mining ceased in the early 20th century.
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Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Town with 1,610 residents
  • Description: town in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Kawakawa Town District” and “Kawakawa, New Zealand”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hundertwasser Toilets and Kawakawa railway station.

Work of art
Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, CC0.
The is a public toilet located at 60 Gillies Street, the main street of the town of Kawakawa in northern . The structure was completed in 1999 and named after the architect and visual artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who conceived and designed the project.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was a station on the Opua Branch in . and is the terminus of the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway in the small town of Kawakawa.

Railway station
was a station on the Opua Branch in and is a stop on the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway near village. It is on the oldest railway built on the North Island, which opened in 1867. is situated 3½ km northeast of Kawakawa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taumarere and Moerewa.

Hamlet
is a locality in the in , . The and State Highway 11 run through . The town of Kawakawa is 3 km to the southwest. is 7 km to the north and 14 km. is situated 3 km northeast of Kawakawa.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a small town in the of the of New Zealand. It is located close to the five kilometres to the west of Kawakawa. is situated 5 km west of Kawakawa.

Hamlet
is a rural locality in the of New Zealand's . It neighbours to the east, with the nearest major town, Kawakawa a few kilometres further eastwards. is situated 6 km west of Kawakawa.

Kawakawa

Latitude
-35.38003° or 35° 22′ 48″ south
Longitude
174.06718° or 174° 4′ 2″ east
Population
1,610
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
4VPPJ398+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278968954
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2188966
Wiki­data ID
Q1013579
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Kawakawa” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kawakawa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kavakava”
  • Catalan: “Kawakawa”
  • Cebuano: “Kawakawa”
  • Dutch: “Kawakawa”
  • French: “Kawakawa”
  • German: “Kawakawa”
  • Hausa: “Kawakawa, New Zealand”
  • Hebrew: “קאווקאווה”
  • Italian: “Kawakawa”
  • Japanese: “カワカワ”
  • Korean: “카와카와”
  • Malay: “Kawakawa, New Zealand”
  • Maori: “Kawakawa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kawakawa”
  • Polish: “Kawakawa”
  • Slovenian: “Kawakawa, Nova Zelandija”
  • Swedish: “Kawakawa”
  • Turkish: “Kawakawa”
  • Welsh: “Kawakawa”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hundertwasser Memorial Park and Kawakawa Baptist Fellowship / Kawakawa Baptist Church.

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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 “Kawakawa”. Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.