Kaikoura

Kaikoura is a small coastal town on the east coast of the of , about 180 km north of and 130 km south of .
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  • Type: Town with 2,420 residents
  • Description: town in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Kaikōura”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mayfair Theatre and Takahanga Marae.

Movie theater
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
The Mayfair Arts & Culture Centre Te Whare Toi ō Kaikōura, commonly referred to as the or just The Mayfair, is a 1934 Art Deco movie theatre in Kaikōura, New Zealand.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bernardo Rosello, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a of the Ngāti Kuri hapū of Ngāi Tahu in Kaikōura, in the of New Zealand. The marae was built in the 1980s on the site of a historic pā that existed prior to European colonisation.

Cave
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
is a limestone cave open to tourists on State Highway 1, 2 km south of Kaikōura.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Bay.

Quarter
Photo: Marshelec, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter.

Kaikoura

Latitude
-42.4006° or 42° 24′ 2″ south
Longitude
173.6811° or 173° 40′ 52″ east
Population
2,420
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
IATA airport code
KBZ
United Nations Location Code
NZ KBZ
Open location code
4V9MHMXJ+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 205039578
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2189272
Wiki­data ID
Q25834
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kaikoura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كايكورا”
  • Asturian: “Kaikōura”
  • Catalan: “Kaikoura”
  • Cebuano: “Kaikoura”
  • Chinese: “凯库拉”
  • Chinese: “凱富拉”
  • Chinese: “凱庫拉”
  • Czech: “Kaikoura”
  • Dutch: “Kaikoura”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كايكورا”
  • Esperanto: “Kaikoura”
  • French: “Kaikoura”
  • Georgian: “კაიკოურა”
  • Georgian: “კაიკურა”
  • German: “Kaikoura”
  • Indonesian: “Kaikoura”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kaikoura”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kaikoura”
  • Italian: “Kaikoura”
  • Japanese: “カイコウラ”
  • Khmer: “cabodian”
  • Korean: “카이코우라”
  • Latin: “Caecoura”
  • Macedonian: “Каикоура”
  • Malay: “Daerah Kaikoura”
  • Maori: “Kaikōura”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaikoura”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kaikoura”
  • Polish: “Kaikoura”
  • Portuguese: “Kaikoura”
  • Russian: “Каикоура”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Kaikoura District”
  • Slovenian: “Kaikōura”
  • Spanish: “Kaikoura”
  • Swedish: “Kaikoura”
  • Turkish: “Kaikoura”
  • Turkish: “Kaikōura”
  • Vietnamese: “Kaikōura”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کائیکورا”

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