Kohukohu

Kohukohu is a village on the Hokianga Harbour in the of . 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 branching inland to the northeast and the Waihou River leading towards the east past Mangungu, and .
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  • 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.

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Museum
was the second mission station established in New Zealand by the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Located near , in the , 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

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
node 1540323049
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2188742
Wiki­data ID
Q6426162
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Kohukohu” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kohukohu”
  • Dutch: “Kohukohu, New Zealand”
  • French: “Kohukohu”
  • German: “Kohukohu”
  • Malay: “Kohukohu, New Zealand”
  • Maori: “Kohukohu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kohukohu”
  • Polish: “Kohukohu”
  • Turkish: “Kohukohu”

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