Hokianga

The Hokianga area surrounds the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is sparsely populated and has many little clusters of houses in a very rural setting.

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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Waipoua Forest and Rawene.

Waipoua Forest

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Waipoua Forest is a protected area in the Hokianga region of Northland. It is home to some of the largest remaining kauri trees in New Zealand.

Rawene

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Rawene is a town in Hokianga, New Zealand. It is the third-oldest European settlement in New Zealand.

Kohukohu is a town on the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand. Kohukohu is situated on the northern shore of the harbour where it splits into two rivers, the Mangamuka River branching inland to the northeast and the Waihou River leading towards the east past Mangungu, Horeke and Rangiahua.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Opononi and Horeke.

Opononi

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Opononi and Omapere are two small towns linked by a ribbon of development on the Hokianga Harbour, west of Rawene, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Horeke

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Horeke is a small isolated town on the shores of the Hokianga Harbour, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Waima Valley

Waimā is a community in the south Hokianga area of Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 12 runs through the area. The Waima River flows through the Waima Valley into the Hokianga Harbour. Rawene is to the north west, and Kaikohe is to the north east.

Mangamuka Bridge

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Mangamuka is a district in Northland, New Zealand, at the junction of the Mangamuka and Opurehu Rivers. State Highway 1 runs through the area, and the settlement of Mangamuka Bridge lies at the point where the highway crosses the Mangamuku River.

Koutu

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Koutu is a settlement on the Koutu Peninsula between Rawene and Opononi on the Hokianga Harbour in the North Island of New Zealand.

Hokianga

Type: Bay
Description: estuarine drowned valley in Northland Region, New Zealand
Also known as: “Hokianga Harbour” and “Hokianga River”
Categories: harbor, estuary, and drowned valley
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude of center

-35.4182° or 35° 25′ 5″ south

Longitude of center

173.4202° or 173° 25′ 13″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

GeoNames ID

6229234

Wikidata ID

Q697092

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Hokianga” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Hokianga Harbour”
Cebuano: “Hokianga Harbour”
Cebuano: “Hokianga River”
Dutch: “Hokianga”
French: “Hokianga”
German: “Hokianga Harbour”
German: “Hokianga”
Hebrew: “הוקיאנגה”
Hungarian: “Hokianga Harbour”
Hungarian: “Hokianga”
Indonesian: “Hokianga”
Maori: “Hokianga”
Maori: “Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hokianga Harbour”
Russian: “Хокианга”
Spanish: “Hokianga”
Welsh: “Hokianga”

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