Tamatea
Tamatea is a suburb in the west of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. Development of the suburb began in 1969 and it was named in honour of Tamatea-pōkai-whenua, an ancestor of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi of Hawke's Bay, that year.- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Napier, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Tamatea, Napier”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Anderson Park and Tamatea High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pirimai and Greenmeadows.
Tamatea
- Category: locality
- Location: Napier City, Hawke’s Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.51226° or 39° 30′ 44″ south
Longitude
176.86799° or 176° 52′ 5″ east
Open location code
4VGRFVQ9+35
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Tamatea” goes by many names.
- French: “Tamatea”
- Maori: “Tamatea”
- Turkish: “Tamatea”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tamatea and Te Roropipi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tamatea Community Church and Equippers Church.
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