Waitara
Waitara is a town in the northern part of the Taranaki region of the North Island of New Zealand. Waitara is located just off State Highway 3, 15 kilometres northeast of New Plymouth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Grimhim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Grimhim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 7,290 residents
- Description: town in Taranaki, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waitara, New Zealand” and “Waitara, Taranaki”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Waitara High School.
Waitara High School
School
Waitara High School is a state secondary school in Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand, founded in 1947.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tikorangi and Motunui.
Tikorangi
Hamlet
Tikorangi is a settlement in Taranaki, New Zealand. Waitara lies about 6 kilometres to the north-west. The Waitara River flows to the west of the settlement, with the Bertrand Road suspension bridge providing access to the other side. Tikorangi is situated 5 km southeast of Waitara.
Motunui
Locality
Motunui is a settlement in northern Taranaki, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 3 close to the shore of the North Taranaki Bight, six kilometres east of Waitara. Motunui is situated 5 km east of Waitara.
Huirangi
Locality
Huirangi is a settlement in Taranaki, New Zealand. Waitara lies about 7 kilometres to the north. The Waitara River flows to the east of the settlement, with the Bertrand Road suspension bridge providing access to the other side. Huirangi is situated 6 km south of Waitara.
Waitara
- Category: locality
- Location: New Plymouth District, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.00282° or 39° 0′ 10″ southLongitude
174.23643° or 174° 14′ 11″ eastPopulation
7,290Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)United Nations Location Code
NZ WTAOpen location code
4VGPX6WP+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 985223925OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Waitara” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Waitara”
- Catalan: “Waitara”
- Cebuano: “Waitara”
- Chinese: “懷塔拉”
- Chinese: “瓦塔拉”
- Dutch: “Waitara, New Zealand”
- French: “Waitara”
- German: “Waitara”
- Hausa: “Waitara, New Zealand”
- Japanese: “ワイタラ”
- Malay: “Waitara, New Zealand”
- Polish: “Waitara”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Waitara, Sealainn Nuadh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Waitara”
- Spanish: “Waitara (Nueva Zelanda)”
- Spanish: “Waitara”
- Turkish: “Waitara”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Waitara Police Station and Knox 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 “Waitara”. Photo: Grimhim, CC BY-SA 3.0.