Wiri
Wiri is a mostly industrial-commercial focused suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formerly part of Manukau City until the merger of all of Auckland's councils into the 'super city' in 2010. The area was named after the chief Takaanini Wirihana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ash Hill and Wiri Mountain.
Ash Hill
Volcano
Ash Hill is a volcano in Wiri, in the Auckland volcanic field, in New Zealand. A low tuff cone with an explosion crater about 150m wide, it is now covered by industrial development.
Wiri Mountain
Volcano
Photo: Lasaiya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Matukutūruru is a volcano and Tūpuna Maunga in Wiri, in the Auckland volcanic field. It had a scoria cone reaching 80 metres above sea level, which was quarried away.
Wiri Lava Cave
Cave
Photo: Bryndlefly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wiri lava cave is Auckland's longest known lava cave at around 290 metres. It is part of Matukutūruru volcano in the Auckland volcanic field. Because it features rare lava stalactites, the cave has garnered international renown, and access is restricted, with entry requiring a permit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Homai and Manukau.
Homai
Quarter
Photo: Sitedmambo, CC0.
Homai is a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand surrounded by Manukau Central, Wiri, Hillpark, Clendon Park and Manurewa. It was formerly under the local governance of the Manukau City Council.
Manukau
Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Manukau, or Manukau Central, is a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand. Centred on the Manukau City Centre business district, it is located 23 kilometres south of the Auckland Central Business District.
South Auckland
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Auckland is a district of Auckland situated south and east of Central Auckland. For this travel guide, it includes Manukau, Howick and Papakura. South Auckland is one of the truly multi-cultural urban areas of the world, with Pacific Island nationalities being particularly strongly represented among its residents.
Wiri
- Type: Suburb with 6,570 residents
- Description: suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.00582° or 37° 0′ 21″ southLongitude
174.86554° or 174° 51′ 56″ eastPopulation
6,570Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)United Nations Location Code
NZ WIIOpen location code
4VJPXVV8+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4109043079OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Wiri” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wiri”
- French: “Wiri (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
- French: “Wiri”
- Persian: “ویری”
- Scots: “Wiri”
- Turkish: “Wiri”
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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 “Wiri”. Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.