New Zealand
North Island
Auckland Region

Waitākere

Waitākere, often called Waitākere Township or Waitākere Town, is a small, mostly rural settlement to the northwest of , .
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,030 residents
  • Description: locality in Auckland Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Waitakere”, “Waitakere Township”, “Waitākere Township”, “Waitakere, Auckland”, “Waitākere, New Zealand”, and “Waitakerei”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swanson railway station and Swanson Oaks.

Railway station
Photo: BoxQatar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a station on the North Auckland Line in , New Zealand. Western Line services of the Auckland rail network are operated between the station and in central Auckland by Auckland One Rail, on behalf of Auckland Transport. is situated 3½ km southeast of Waitākere.

Park
Photo: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0.
is a park, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Waitākere.

Golf course
Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.
is a golf course, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Waitākere.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taupaki and Swanson.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a locality in the Rodney District, which is a part of the in . lies to the north-west, to the north-east, to the east, to the south-east, Swanson to the south, and Waitākere, Auckland to the south-west. is situated 3 km north of Waitākere.

Suburb
Photo: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0.
is an outlying suburb of , New Zealand and is located west of , surrounded by the . Developing as a service centre for the kauri logging and gumdigging trades in the 1880s along the trainline, the town developed as a rural centre and an early tourist destination for Aucklanders, who visited the Redwood Park on the banks of the Stream. is situated 3½ km southeast of Waitākere.

Suburb
Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb of , , which is under the local governance of . The area is densely populated but close to the western fringe of the Auckland urban area. The word 'rānui' in Māori means 'midday'. is situated 5 km east of Waitākere.

Waitākere

Latitude
-36.84899° or 36° 50′ 56″ south
Longitude
174.54423° or 174° 32′ 39″ east
Population
2,030
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
4VMP5G2V+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6226861581
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6231459
Wiki­data ID
Q16879654
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Waitākere” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Waitakere”
  • Japanese: “ワイターケレ”
  • Maori: “Tāone o Waitakere”
  • Maori: “Tāone o Waitākere”
  • Turkish: “Waitākere”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Township Park and Waitakere Volunteer Fire Brigade.

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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 “Waitākere”. Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.