Wairoa

Wairoa is the largest town in the Wairoa District and the northernmost town in the region of New Zealand's . It is located on the northern shore of at the mouth of the and to the west of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Wairoa Lighthouse and St Peter’s Church.

Lighthouse
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Church
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Church
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Wairoa

Latitude
-39.0394° or 39° 2′ 22″ south
Longitude
177.4271° or 177° 25′ 38″ east
Population
4,890
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NZ WIR
Open location code
4VGVXC6G+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254086398
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2206808
Wiki­data ID
Q599594
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Wairoa” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Wairoa”
  • Catalan: “Wairoa”
  • Cebuano: “Wairoa”
  • Dutch: “Wairoa”
  • French: “Wairoa”
  • German: “Wairoa”
  • Italian: “Wairoa”
  • Japanese: “ワイロア”
  • Malay: “Wairoa”
  • Maori: “Wairoa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wairoa”
  • Polish: “Wairoa”
  • Russian: “Уэйроа”
  • Silesian: “Wairoa”
  • Swedish: “Wairoa”
  • Turkish: “Wairoa”
  • Urdu: “وائیروا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع وائیروا”

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