Ōrokonui Lagoon

Ōrokonui Lagoon is in Otago, South Island. Ōrokonui Lagoon is situated nearby to Waitati Cemetery, as well as near Waitati School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blueskin Bay and Waitati Cemetery.

Blueskin Bay

Photo: Alistair Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blueskin Bay is in Otago, New Zealand, 25 km north of Dunedin, 25 km south of Palmerston, and 350 km south of Christchurch. The area's small towns and villages of Waitati, Warrington, Seacliff, Evansdale and Doctors Point attract lifestyle-commuter types who work in the city and alternative dudes who want to do their own thing.

Waitati Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Waitati Cemetery is situated 300 metres southwest of Ōrokonui Lagoon.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary

Tourism office

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Orokonui Ecosanctuary, called Te Korowai o Mihiwaka in Māori, is an ecological island wildlife reserve developed by the Otago Natural History Trust in the Orokonui Valley between Waitati and Pūrākaunui, New Zealand, 20 kilometres to the north of central Dunedin. Orokonui Ecosanctuary is situated 3 km southeast of Ōrokonui Lagoon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waitati and Evansdale.

Waitati

Village

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Waitati, from the Māori Waitete, is a small seaside settlement in Otago, New Zealand, within the city limits of Dunedin. It is located close to the tidal mudflats of Blueskin Bay, 19 kilometres north of the Dunedin city centre.

Evansdale

Hamlet

Evansdale is a locality on State Highway 1, 25 km north of Dunedin, at the north west of Blueskin Bay. It also has lent its name to a cheese producer, and a census-gathering district, which has a population of 1,482 in the 2013 New Zealand census, an increase of 198 people since the 2006 census. Evansdale is situated 4 km north of Ōrokonui Lagoon.

Pūrākaunui

Village

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Pūrākaunui is a small settlement in Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located within the bounds of the city of Dunedin, in a rural coastal area some 25 km to the north of the city centre. Pūrākaunui is situated 4½ km east of Ōrokonui Lagoon.

Ōrokonui Lagoon

Type: Sand
Category: landform
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.75254° or 45° 45′ 9″ south

Longitude

170.58319° or 170° 34′ 60″ east

Open location code

4V6G6HWM+X7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 281487450

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=sand

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Waitati School and Waitati.

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