Whangarei

Whangarei is the main city of the region, in the of . It has a warm semi-tropical climate, with summer daytime temperatures around 24–26°C, regular rainy days year round and mild winters that rarely have frosts and are mild enough for the region to be described as "the winterless north".
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  • Type: City with 54,300 residents
  • Description: city in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Whangārei”, “Whangārei (New Zealand)”, and “Whangas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Semenoff Stadium and Whangarei railway station.

Stadium
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Okara Park, currently known commercially as is a multi-purpose stadium in Whangārei, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Northland Rugby Union.

Railway station
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Art gallery
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The with Wairau Māori Art Gallery is an art and cultural centre in Whangārei, New Zealand. It is the conception of artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who lived near for 30 years, and was first designed in 1993.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raumanga and Morningside.

Suburb
is a suburb of Whangārei in the of . It is the site of Northland Polytechnic's main campus.

Quarter
is a suburb to the south of Whangārei in , . railway housing settlement still substantially exists. Many of the houses have been considerably modified, but one 1939 house is protected by NZHPT Category II listing, number 7745.

Suburb
is a suburb of Whangārei, in , . It is about 2 kilometres north of the city centre. State Highway 1 runs through , The Western Hills form a boundary on the west, and on the east.

Whangarei

Latitude
-35.7275° or 35° 43′ 39″ south
Longitude
174.3194° or 174° 19′ 10″ east
Population
54,300
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
WRE
Open location code
4VPP78C9+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 71374851
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6230919
Wiki­data ID
Q744239
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Whangarei” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Whangarei”
  • Arabic: “وانجاري”
  • Arabic: “وانغاري”
  • Asturian: “Whangārei”
  • Basque: “Whangarei”
  • Belarusian: “Фангарэі”
  • Bengali: “ওয়ানগারি”
  • Catalan: “Whangarei”
  • Cebuano: “Whangarei (kapital sa rehiyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Whangarei”
  • Chinese: “旺阿雷”
  • Chinese: “法納雷”
  • Czech: “Whangārei (New Zealand)”
  • Czech: “Whangarei”
  • Danish: “Whangarei”
  • Danish: “Whangārei”
  • Dutch: “Whangarei”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وهانجارى”
  • Estonian: “Whangārei”
  • Finnish: “Whangarei”
  • Finnish: “Whangārei”
  • French: “District de Whangarei”
  • French: “Whangarei District”
  • French: “Whangarei”
  • Galician: “Whangarei”
  • Georgian: “უანგარეი”
  • German: “Whangārei (New Zealand)”
  • German: “Whangarei”
  • German: “Whangārei”
  • Greek: “Γουάνκγαρεϊ”
  • Gujarati: “વાંગરેઇ”
  • Hindi: “व्हांगारेइ”
  • Hindi: “व्हानगरेई”
  • Hungarian: “Whangarei”
  • Hungarian: “Whangārei”
  • Indonesian: “Whangarei”
  • Indonesian: “Whangārei”
  • Italian: “distretto di Whangarei”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Whangarei”
  • Italian: “Whangarei”
  • Italian: “Whangārei”
  • Japanese: “ファンガレイ”
  • Japanese: “ワンガレイ”
  • Kannada: “ವ್ಹಾನ್ಗಾರೈ”
  • Korean: “팡가레이”
  • Korean: “항아레이”
  • Korean: “황거레이”
  • Korean: “황아레이”
  • Latin: “Whangarei”
  • Latvian: “Vangareja”
  • Lithuanian: “Fangarėjus”
  • Lithuanian: “Vangarėjus”
  • Macedonian: “Фангареи”
  • Malagasy: “Whangarei”
  • Malay: “Whangarei”
  • Maori: “Whangārei-terenga-paraoa”
  • Maori: “Whangarei”
  • Maori: “Whāngarei”
  • Marathi: “वांगरेई”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “فانݣاري”
  • Northern Frisian: “Whangarei”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Whangarei”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whangarei”
  • Norwegian: “Whangarei”
  • Persian: “وانگاری”
  • Polish: “Whangarei”
  • Portuguese: “Whangarei”
  • Russian: “Вангареи”
  • Russian: “Фангареи”
  • Scots: “Whangarei”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Whangarei”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Whangārei”
  • Serbian: “Fangarej”
  • Serbian: “Вангареј”
  • Serbian: “Фангареј”
  • Sinhala: “වන්ගරේ, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “වන්ගරේ”
  • Slovenian: “Whangarei”
  • Slovenian: “Whangārei”
  • Spanish: “Dub City”
  • Spanish: “Fangarei”
  • Spanish: “Fangaréi”
  • Spanish: “Fangas”
  • Spanish: “Wangaréi”
  • Spanish: “Whangarei (Nueva Zelanda)”
  • Spanish: “Whangarei”
  • Spanish: “Whangaréi”
  • Spanish: “Whangas”
  • Swedish: “Whangarei”
  • Tamil: “வாங்கறேய்”
  • Telugu: “వాంగరేయి”
  • Thai: “วานกาไร”
  • Turkish: “Whangarei”
  • Turkish: “Whangārei”
  • Ukrainian: “Фангареї”
  • Ukrainian: “Фанґареї”
  • Urdu: “فانارئی”
  • Vietnamese: “Whangarei”
  • Welsh: “Whangarei”

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