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Northland (Māori: Te Tai Tokerau), officially the Northland Region, [4] [5] is the northernmost of New Zealand's 16 local government regions. New Zealanders sometimes refer to it as the Winterless North because of its mild climate all throughout the year.
Te Tai Tokerau (lit. ' The North Coast ') is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate that was created out of the Northern Maori electorate ahead of the first Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) election in 1996. It was held first by Tau Henare representing New Zealand First for one term, and then Dover Samuels of the Labour Party for two terms.
Taupō Bay is a bay, village and rural community in the Far North District and Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. [1] There are about 40 permanent residents, and 180 properties. The white sand beach is 1.5 km wide. [2] The Taupō Marae is a meeting place for the Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa hapū of Ngatirua. [3]
Hihi or Hihi Beach is a village and rural community in the Far North District and Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. [3] The local Waitetoki Marae is a meeting place for the local Ngāti Kahu hapū of Ngāti Ruaiti. [4] Unlike many other marae, it does not have a meeting house. [5] Hihi was visited by an American whaling ship in ...
Te Tai Tokerau Māori are a group of Māori iwi (tribes) based on the Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It includes the far northern Muriwhenua iwi (tribes) of Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Kurī, Te Pātū, Te Rarawa and Ngāi Takoto. It also includes Ngāpuhi and the affiliated iwi of Ngāti Hine.
Waima School, renamed to Te Kura O Waima, is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school [22] and has a roll of 43 students as of November 2024. [23] The school was founded in 1881. [ 24 ] During the Dog Tax War of 1898, the government army of 120 men set up camp at Waima School.
Taipa is a settlement on the southern side of Doubtless Bay in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 10 runs through it. It is the westernmost of the Taipa-Mangonui string of settlements, and separated from the others by the Taipa River.
Kerikeri (Māori: [kɛɾikɛɾi]) [6] is a town in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.The town is located on the eponymous Kerikeri inlet. It is sometimes called the Cradle of the Nation, [7] [8] as it was the site of the first permanent mission station in the country, and it has some of the oldest buildings in the country.