Kerikeri
Kerikeri is a popular tourist destination in the famous Bay of Islands on the North Island of New Zealand. Often described as the Cradle of the Nation, it is the site of the first permanent mission station in the country, and has some of the most historic buildings in New Zealand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rainbow Falls and Mission House.
Rainbow Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Kaiwhakahaere, Public domain.
The Rainbow Falls, Māori name Waianiwaniwa, are a single-drop waterfall located on the Kerikeri River near Kerikeri in New Zealand. Unlike most New Zealand waterfalls which are created by the erosion of soft rock, the Rainbow Falls are sited on a hard basalt layer of rock beside softer mudstone.
Mission House
Museum
Photo: Moriori, Public domain.
The Mission House at Kerikeri in New Zealand was completed in 1822 as part of the Kerikeri Mission Station by the Church Missionary Society, and is New Zealand's oldest surviving building. It is sometimes known as Kemp House.
Stone Store
Museum
Photo: Noel Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Stone Store is the oldest undamaged stone building in New Zealand. The Stone Store was constructed from 1832 to 1836 by the Church Missionary Society in Kerikeri as a warehouse to a Georgian design by John Hobbs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waipapa.
Waipapa
Village
Waipapa is a small town in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 10, approximately 10 minutes drive from Kerikeri, the nearest urban centre. Waipapa is situated 3½ km northwest of Kerikeri.
Kerikeri
- Type: Town with 8,050 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.2273° or 35° 13′ 38″ southLongitude
173.9491° or 173° 56′ 57″ eastPopulation
8,050Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)IATA airport code
KKEUnited Nations Location Code
NZ KKEOpen location code
4VPMQWFX+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1297247535OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2188874Wikidata ID
Q1185949
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Kerikeri” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kerikeri”
- Bulgarian: “Керикери”
- Catalan: “Kerikeri”
- Cebuano: “Kerikeri”
- Chinese: “凯里凯里”
- Dutch: “Kerikeri”
- French: “Kerikeri”
- German: “Kerikeri”
- Hebrew: “קריקרי”
- Italian: “Kerikeri”
- Japanese: “ケリケリ”
- Japanese: “ケリケリ町”
- Korean: “케리케리”
- Malay: “Kerikeri”
- Maori: “Kerikeri”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kerikeri”
- Polish: “Kerikeri”
- Russian: “Керайкри”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kerikeri”
- Swedish: “Kerikeri”
- Turkish: “Kerikeri”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Kerikeri”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.