Taurikura is a small, rural township in the Whangarei District, approximately 30 kilometres south east of Whangārei city in Northland, New Zealand. The town is located on the shores of Calliope Bay at the base of 420-metre-high Mount Manaia which, along with Bream Head and the Hen Island, collectively form the ancient remnants of a very large andesitic volcano.

Marsden Point

Hamlet

Photo: Follash, Public domain.

Marsden Point is a broad, flat peninsula that is the southern head of the Whangārei Harbour entrance on the east coast of Northland, New Zealand, 30 kilometres southeast of the city of Whangārei.

Busby Head

Type: Cape
Description: point in New Zealand
Categories: point and landform
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.86155° or 35° 51′ 42″ south

Longitude

174.53113° or 174° 31′ 52″ east

Elevation

37 metres (121 feet)

Open location code

4VPP4GQJ+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1909658602

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

6230993

Wikidata ID

Q32145887

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