Whirinaki

Whirinaki is a small coastal settlement in Hastings District, in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It sits just north of the mouth of the Esk River, a few kilometres east of Eskdale and a similar distance north of Bay View, which is part of Napier.

Photo: Paora, CC0.

Type: Village with 430 residents
Description: locality in Hawke’s Bay Region, New Zealand
Also known as: “Whirinaki, Hawke’s Bay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whirinaki Power Station.

Whirinaki Power Station

Power station

The Whirinaki Power Station is an open cycle gas turbine power station at Whirinaki in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bay View and Eskdale.

Bay View

Suburb

Bay View, previously known as Kai-arero and Petane, is a settlement in the Hawke's Bay region of the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 2, nine kilometres north of the city centre of Napier. Bay View is situated 5 km southwest of Whirinaki.

Eskdale

Hamlet

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Eskdale is a rural settlement in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located north of Napier on State Highway 5, near the mouth of the Esk River. Eskdale is situated 5 km west of Whirinaki.

Tangoio

Hamlet

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tangoio is a farming locality and beach 23 kilometres north of Napier, 7 kilometres north of Whirinaki and 7 kilometres south-west of Waipatiki Beach in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. Tangoio is situated 6 km north of Whirinaki.

Whirinaki

Category: locality
Location: Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-39.37696° or 39° 22′ 37″ south

Longitude

176.89259° or 176° 53′ 33″ east

Population

430

Elevation

9 metres (30 feet)

Open location code

4VGRJVFV+62

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4599105881

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

6248084

Wikidata ID

Q7993774

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Whirinaki” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Whirinaki”
French: “Whirinaki”
Turkish: “Whirinaki”

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Localities in the Area

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