Whau Valley
Whau Valley is a suburb of Whangārei, in Northland Region, New Zealand. State Highway 1 runs through it. The valley was named for the whau trees which grew there in the 1850s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whangārei Falls and Mair Park.
Whangārei Falls
Waterfall
Photo: ShakyIsles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whangārei Falls is located just on the outskirts of Whangārei on Boundary Road in the suburb of Tikipunga, a popular place for both locals and tourists to visit, go for walks along the edge of the Hātea River, or to have a picnic on the lawns and tables at the top of the waterfall near the main car park. Whangārei Falls is situated 2½ km northeast of Whau Valley.
Mair Park
Park
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mair Park is in Whangārei, New Zealand, adjacent to the suburb of Mairtown. It is named for Robert Mair, who donated the land from his estate to the city in 1914.
Lake Ora
Lake
Lake Ora is a lake in the Northland Region of New Zealand. Lake Ora is situated 2½ km west of Whau Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Otangarei and Kensington.
Otangarei
Suburb
Otangarei is a suburb of Whangārei, in Northland Region, New Zealand. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of group of people leaping" for Ōtāngarei.
Kensington
Suburb
Kensington is a suburb of Whangārei, in Northland Region, New Zealand. It is about 2 kilometres north of the city centre. State Highway 1 runs through Kensington, The Western Hills form a boundary on the west, and Hātea River on the east.
Mairtown
Quarter
Mairtown is a suburb of Whangārei, in Northland Region, New Zealand. It is about 2 kilometres north of the city centre. Mair Park runs between Mairtown and the Hātea River.
Whau Valley
- Type: Suburb with 2,910 residents
- Description: suburb of Whangārei, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.69744° or 35° 41′ 51″ southLongitude
174.31182° or 174° 18′ 43″ eastPopulation
2,910Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)Open location code
4VPP8836+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 332339863OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6230837Wikidata ID
Q7991782
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Whau Valley” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Whau Valley”
- French: “Whau Valley”
- Turkish: “Whau Valley”
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Explore places such as Tikipunga and Kamo.
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Highlights include Puriri Court Rest Home and Hospital and Whangarei Adventist Christian School.
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