Mawe Pa

Mawe Pa is an archaeological site in Auckland Region, North Island. Mawe Pa is situated nearby to Lake Ōmāpere, as well as near the village Ōkaihau.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: historical site in New Zealand
Also known as: “Mawe Pā”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lake Ōmāpere and Putahi.

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.

Putahi is a 381 m high rhyolite dome, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. To the north of Putahi is Lake Ōmāpere. To its north east are the volcanoes of Tarahi and Te Ahuahu. Putahi is situated 4 km south of Mawe Pa.

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. Okaihau College is situated 4 km northwest of Mawe Pa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ōkaihau and Ōhaeawai.

Ōkaihau

Village

Photo: Wikimannz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Ōkaihau is situated 4 km northwest of Mawe Pa.

Ōhaeawai

Village

Photo: Moriori, Public domain.

Ōhaeawai is a small village at the junction of State Highway 1 and State Highway 12 in the Far North District of New Zealand, some 250 km from Auckland. Ōhaeawai is situated 7 km east of Mawe Pa.

Kaikohe

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about 260 kilometres from Auckland, and about 85 kilometres from Whangārei. Kaikohe is situated 8 km south of Mawe Pa.

Mawe Pa

Categories: former place, pā, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.3385° or 35° 20′ 19″ south

Longitude

173.80621° or 173° 48′ 22″ east

Elevation

236 metres (774 feet)

Open location code

4VPMMR64+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1036787979

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

GeoNames ID

6229669

Wikidata ID

Q115784990

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In Other Languages

“Mawe Pa” goes by many names.

Turkish: “Mawe Pa”

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