Kawakawa
Kawakawa is a small town in the Bay of Islands area of the Northland Region 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.
- Type: Town with 1,610 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kawakawa Town District” and “Kawakawa, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hundertwasser Toilets and Kawakawa railway station.
Kawakawa railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Taumarere railway station
Railway station
Taumarere railway station was a station on the Opua… Taumarere railway station is situated 3½ km northeast of Kawakawa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taumarere and Moerewa.
Taumarere
Hamlet
Taumarere is a locality in the Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand. Taumarere is situated 3 km northeast of Kawakawa.
Moerewa
Town
Moerewa is a small town in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Moerewa is situated 5 km west of Kawakawa.
Otiria
Hamlet
Otiria is a rural locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. Otiria is situated 6 km west of Kawakawa.
Kawakawa
- Category: locality
- Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Urdu: “کاوکاوا، نیوزی لینڈ”
- Welsh: “Kawakawa”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Taumatamākuku Settlement and Waiomio.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hundertwasser Memorial Park and Kawakawa Baptist Fellowship / Kawakawa Baptist Church.
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