Ruakākā
Ruakākā is a small town in the north of New Zealand approximately 30 kilometres south of Whangārei in the Bream Bay area. Originally a small beachside community, Ruakākā saw development in the 1980s as a result of the expansion of the nearby Marsden Point, New Zealand's sole oil refinery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 2,860 residents
- Description: locality in Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Ruakaka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bream Bay College and Marsden B.
Bream Bay College
School
Bream Bay College is a secondary school in Ruakākā, Northland, New Zealand. In addition to Ruakākā, the school serves One Tree Point, Whangārei and Whangārei Heads to the north, the marae-based community of Takahiwai to the west, the town of Waipu to the south, and farming communities inland.
Marsden B
Marsden B was an unused 250 MW oil-fired power station near the Marsden Point Oil Refinery at Marsden Point, Ruakaka, Northland, New Zealand. Due to rising oil prices, the plant was mothballed in 1978 without ever being commissioned.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marsden Point and Marsden Bay.
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. Marsden Point is situated 4½ km northeast of Ruakākā.
Marsden Bay
Locality
Marsden Bay is a locality and bay at the south head of Whangārei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. The western side of Marsden Bay is a coastal community called One Tree Point, and the eastern side is the industrial development of Marsden Point. Ruakākā lies about 9 km to the south. Marsden Bay is situated 5 km north of Ruakākā.
One Tree Point
Town
One Tree Point is a settlement on the southern side of Whangārei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. The settlement includes the Marsden Point Marina. One Tree Point is situated 5 km north of Ruakākā.
Ruakākā
- Category: locality
- Location: Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.87544° or 35° 52′ 32″ southLongitude
174.45571° or 174° 27′ 21″ eastPopulation
2,860Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
4VPP4FF4+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1657057307OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6231027Wikidata ID
Q7375684
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Ruakākā” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ruakaka”
- Dutch: “Ruakaka”
- French: “Ruakaka”
- Malay: “Ruakaka”
- Maori: “Ruakākā”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ruakaka”
- Polish: “Ruakaka”
- Turkish: “Ruakākā”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marsden City and Ruakākā Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ruakākā Police Station and The Ruakaka Hub Library and Service Centre.
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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 “Ruakākā”. Photo: Hazelp, CC BY 2.5.