Wairere Boulders

Wairere Boulders is a locality in Northland, North Island. Wairere Boulders is situated nearby to the locality Mangungu, as well as near Ivydale.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wairere Boulders and Mangungu Mission House.

Wairere Boulders

Wairere Boulders is a privately owned nature reserve and tourist attraction at Horeke in the south Hokianga region of Northland, New Zealand. The property contains geologically rare rock formations.

Mangungu Mission House

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Mangungu Mission House is situated 3½ km northwest of Wairere Boulders.

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. Māngungu Mission is situated 3½ km northwest of Wairere Boulders.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horeke and Kohukohu.

Horeke

Horeke is a small isolated town on the shores of the Hokianga Harbour, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Kohukohu

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Kohukohu is a village 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.