Mairtown
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mair Park and Whangārei Girls’ High School.
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.
Whangārei Girls’ High School
School
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whangārei Girls' High School is a single sex state secondary school founded in 1881 in Whangārei, New Zealand. It has a roll of 1531 as of July 2025.
Hundertwasser Art Centre
Art gallery
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery is an art and cultural centre in Whangārei, New Zealand. It is the conception of artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who lived near Kawakawa for 30 years, and was first designed in 1993.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kensington and Whau Valley.
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.
Whau Valley
Suburb
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.
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.
Mairtown
- Type: Quarter with 2,560 residents
- Description: suburb of Whangārai, New Zealand
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.70929° or 35° 42′ 33″ southLongitude
174.32538° or 174° 19′ 31″ eastPopulation
2,560Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)Named after
Mair familyOpen location code
4VPP78RG+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 332339885OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Mairtown” goes by many names.
- French: “Mairtown”
- Turkish: “Mairtown”
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