Te Taumatautakitaki

Te Taumatautakitaki is an archaeological site in Tauranga City, Bay of Plenty. Te Taumatautakitaki is situated near the volcano Mount Maunganui, as well as near the archaeological site Te Pae o Para.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mount Maunganui and Oceanside Resort & Twin Towers.

Mount Maunganui

Volcano

Photo: AlexanderKlink, CC BY 3.0.

Mount Maunganui, or Mauao, known colloquially as The Mount, is a 232 metre lava dome at the end of a tombolo in the Tauranga suburb of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand, beside the eastern entrance to the city's harbour.

Oceanside Resort & Twin Towers

Resort

Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oceanside Resort & Twin Towers is situated 450 metres east of Te Taumatautakitaki.

J. C. Adams Cottage

Building

Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.

J. C. Adams Cottage is a building, which is situated 390 metres east of Te Taumatautakitaki.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Maunganui and Omanu.

Mount Maunganui

Suburb

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Maunganui is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre.

Omanu

Suburb

Omanu is a beach and suburb in Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The long, sandy beach is accessible via several public walkways through the dunes. Omanu is situated 5 km southeast of Te Taumatautakitaki.

Otūmoetai

Suburb

Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Otūmoetai is a suburb of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. The Otūmoetai peninsula includes both the Otūmoetai suburb, and the neighbouring suburbs of Matua and Bellevue. Otūmoetai is situated 5 km southwest of Te Taumatautakitaki.

Te Taumatautakitaki

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Tauranga City, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.63199° or 37° 37′ 55″ south

Longitude

176.1722° or 176° 10′ 20″ east

Open location code

4VJR959C+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11658190868

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Te Pae o Para and Te Puna Waitapu.

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