Whangapoua Beach
Whangapoua Beach is on the east coast of Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. The beach runs roughly north–south and has views of Rakitu Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Okiwi Airfield and S.S. Wairarapa Graves (Tapuwai Point) Historic Reserve.
Okiwi Airfield
Aerodrome
Okiwi Airfield, also called Okiwi Station Airfield, is a small airfield located near the village of Ōkiwi on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. It has a single bitumen runway, and a small terminal in the form of a wooden hut.
S.S. Wairarapa Graves (Tapuwai Point) Historic Reserve
Cemetery
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
S.S. Wairarapa Graves (Tapuwai Point) Historic Reserve is a cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ōkiwi and Motairehe.
Ōkiwi
Village
Ōkiwi is a small settlement and rural community at the head of the Whangapoua Estuary, in Whangapoua Bay, on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. Ōkiwi is situated 4½ km southwest of Whangapoua Beach.
Motairehe
Village
Motairehe is a settlement located in Katherine Bay, on the northwestern coast Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. The marae Motairehe Marae and its Whakaruruhau meeting house which are affiliated with Ngātiwai Ki Aotea are located here. Motairehe is situated 5 km west of Whangapoua Beach.
Whangapoua Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
- Category: landform
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-36.12925° or 36° 7′ 45″ southLongitude
175.42777° or 175° 25′ 40″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
4VMQVCCH+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 144513404OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Whangapoua Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whangapoua Beach (lapyahan, lat -36,13, long 175,42)”
- Cebuano: “Whangapoua Beach”
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