Russell
Russell is a charming, elegant township in the Bay of Islands, in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand. A short passenger ferry ride across the bay from Paihia and the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi, this historic town is one of the earliest European settlements in New Zealand, dating back to the early 19th century.Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 800 residents
- Description: locality in Far North District, Northland Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kororareka”, “Kororāreka”, “Kororāreka / Russell”, “Russell Town District”, “Russell, Bay of Islands”, and “Russell, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flagstaff Hill and Pompallier House.
Flagstaff Hill
Peak
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Flagstaff Hill overlooks the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Directly north of the small historical village of Russell, the flagstaff on the hill played a significant role in early relations between the local Māori of the Ngāpuhi iwi and early British colonials.
Pompallier House
Historic building
Photo: Zaqrfv, Public domain.
Pompallier House is a nineteenth-century building located in Russell, New Zealand which once served as the headquarters to the French Catholic mission to the Western Pacific.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paihia and Waitangi.
Paihia
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paihia is an historic town in the Bay of Islands in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand. It has numerous sights and activities, and stunning views of the bay.
Waitangi
Village
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waitangi is a locality on the north side of the Waitangi River in the Bay of Islands, 60 kilometres north of Whangārei, on the North Island of New Zealand. Waitangi is situated 4 km west of Russell.
Russell
- Category: locality
- Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.2618° or 35° 15′ 43″ southLongitude
174.1215° or 174° 7′ 18″ eastPopulation
800Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
4VPPP4QC+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 251192130OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2183076Wikidata ID
Q764609
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Russell” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Russell (Zeelanda Berria)”
- Basque: “Russell”
- Cebuano: “Russell”
- Chinese: “羅素”
- Dutch: “Russell”
- French: “Russell”
- German: “Russell”
- Indonesian: “Russell, Selandia Baru”
- Indonesian: “Russell”
- Italian: “Russell (Nuova Zelanda)”
- Italian: “Russell”
- Japanese: “ラッセル”
- Lithuanian: “Raselas (Naujoji Zelandija)”
- Lithuanian: “Raselas”
- Macedonian: “Расел”
- Malay: “Russell, New Zealand”
- Maori: “Kororāreka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Russell”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Russell på New Zealand”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Russell”
- Norwegian: “Russell”
- Polish: “Russell”
- Swedish: “Kororāreka”
- Swedish: “Russell, Nya Zeeland”
- Turkish: “Russell”
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