Kohukohu
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.
- Type: Village with 168 residents
- Description: locality in Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kohu Kohu” and “Kohukohu Town District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mangungu Mission House and Māngungu Mission.
Māngungu Mission
Museum
Māngungu Mission was the second mission station established in New Zealand by the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Located near Horeke, in the Hokianga Harbour, it was founded in 1828 by the missionaries John Hobbs and James Stack after the first WMS mission station in the country had been sacked the previous year.
Kohukohu
- Category: locality
- Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.3612° or 35° 21′ 41″ south
Longitude
173.542° or 173° 32′ 31″ east
Population
168
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
4VPMJGQR+GR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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