Motupipi
Motupipi is a settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island, located at the mouth of the Motupipi River east of Tākaka. The name Motupipi translates as the island or bush with pipi shellfish, referring to the pipi which are found on the beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Motupipi School and Rawhiti Cave.
Rawhiti Cave
Cave
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Rawhiti Cave, also known as Manson Cave, is a single large limestone cave in the hillside of the Dry Creek Valley 7 kilometres southeast of Tākaka on the South Island of New Zealand. Rawhiti Cave is situated 3½ km southeast of Motupipi.
Pōhara Beach
Beach
Photo: Jenny Hudson, CC BY 2.0.
Pōhara Beach is situated 3½ km northeast of Motupipi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifton and Takaka.
Takaka
Takaka is the largest town and hub of Golden Bay, in the northwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. Agriculture and tourism are the main industries in Golden Bay, so the economy is fairly seasonal.
Pōhara
Village
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pōhara is a rural locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island. The locality is northeast of Tākaka and southwest of Tata Beach. To the north is Limestone Bay, part of Golden Bay / Mohua The official spelling was changed from "Pohara" to "Pōhara" by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa on 5 November 2018. Pōhara is situated 4 km northeast of Motupipi.
Motupipi
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Tasman District, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Tasman District, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-40.85589° or 40° 51′ 21″ southLongitude
172.8487° or 172° 50′ 55″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
4VFJ4RVX+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3207146059OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Motupipi” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Motupipi”
- Turkish: “Motupipi”
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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 “Motupipi”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.