Mouats Bay (Pūrākaunui Recreation Reserve)

Mouats Bay (Pūrākaunui Recreation Reserve) is a park in Otago, South Island. Mouats Bay (Pūrākaunui Recreation Reserve) is situated nearby to Purakanui Public Cemetery, as well as near the town hall Long Beach McCurdy-Grimman Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orokonui Ecosanctuary and Mōpānui.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary

Tourism office

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

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 3½ km southwest of Mouats Bay (Pūrākaunui Recreation Reserve).

Mōpānui

Peak

Photo: Giantflightlessbirds, CC BY 4.0.

Mōpānui is a peak, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Mouats Bay (Pūrākaunui Recreation Reserve).

Whareakeake

Beach

Whareakeake is a beach 25 kilometres northeast of Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, as well as the valley above and behind the beach. Located to the west of Aramoana and included as a section of the Otago Heads, Whareakeake was a place of habitation for Māori people from early times until the Sealers' War skirmish of 1817 from which it derived its colonial name. Whareakeake is situated 3 km east of Mouats Bay (Pūrākaunui Recreation Reserve).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pūrākaunui and Long Beach.

Pūrākaunui

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Long Beach

Hamlet

Long Beach, known in Māori as Wharauwerawera or Wharewerawera is a small coastal settlement in Otago, New Zealand comprising approximately 100 homes. Many of the sections were initially auctioned in October 1922 for a pound deposit.

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. Waitati is situated 5 km west of Mouats Bay (Pūrākaunui Recreation Reserve).

Mouats Bay (Pūrākaunui Recreation Reserve)

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.75251° or 45° 45′ 9″ south

Longitude

170.63198° or 170° 37′ 55″ east

Open location code

4V6G6JWJ+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 616834218

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Purakanui Public Cemetery and Long Beach McCurdy-Grimman Hall.

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