Takaka
Takaka is the largest town and hub of Golden Bay, in the northwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. Agriculture and tourism are the main industries in Golden Bay, so the economy is fairly seasonal.- Type: Town with 1,380 residents
- Description: locality in Tasman District, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Tākaka”, “Takaka Town District”, and “Takaka, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Takaka Memorial Library and Golden Bay High School.
Golden Bay High School
School
Golden Bay High School is a secondary school in Tākaka, New Zealand. It is one of two secondary schools in Golden Bay / Mohua; the other one is the Collingwood Area School in Collingwood.
Lake Killarney
Lake Killarney is a small lake in New Zealand's South Island. It is in Tākaka just off State Highway 60. Previously used for swimming, it is now polluted due to nutrient runoff.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waitapu and Motupipi.
Motupipi
Hamlet
Motupipi is a settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island, located at the mouth of the Motupipi River east of Tākaka. It was the first place in Golden Bay / Mohua where Europeans settled. Motupipi is situated 3½ km east of Takaka.
Takaka
- Category: locality
- Location: Tasman District, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-40.8575° or 40° 51′ 27″ south
Longitude
172.8062° or 172° 48′ 23″ east
Population
1,380
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
KTF
United Nations Location Code
NZ KTF
Open location code
4VFJ4RV4+2F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Takaka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Takaka” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Takaka”
- Cebuano: “Takaka”
- Danish: “Tākaka”
- Dutch: “Takaka, New Zealand”
- French: “Takaka”
- German: “Takaka”
- German: “Tākaka”
- Italian: “Takaka”
- Italian: “Tākaka”
- Japanese: “タカカ (ニュージーランド)”
- Japanese: “タカカ”
- Malay: “Takaka, New Zealand”
- Maori: “Tākaka”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Takaka på New Zealand”
- Polish: “Takaka”
- Russian: “Такака, Новая Зеландия”
- Russian: “Такака”
- Turkish: “Tākaka”
- Urdu: “ٹاکاکا”
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