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Moturiki Island, Mount Maunganui. Moturiki Island is a small island located just off Mount Maunganui beach, in the North Island of New Zealand. The island is connected to the beach by a man made land bridge. [1] NIWA maintains a tide metre on Moturiki Island. [2] Moturiki Island offers walking, bird watching, fishing and rock climbing ...
Mount Maunganui, or Mauao, known to locals as The Mount, [3] is a 232 metre (760 foot) volcanic dome at the end of a peninsula in the Tauranga suburb of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand, beside the eastern entrance to the city's harbour. Local Māori consider Mauao to be tapu (sacred), and it plays an important role in their mythology.
Mount Maunganui (Māori pronunciation: [ˈ m a ʉ ŋ a ˌ n ʉ i], locally / ˌ m ɒ ŋ ə ˈ n uː i /) is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre.
The port is located in a natural harbour protected by Mount Maunganui and Matakana Island, and is the only natural harbour between Auckland and Wellington offering good shelter in all weather. [8] As of June 2021, Port of Tauranga Ltd employs approximately 270 people. [9]
Papamoa or Papamoa Beach is a suburb of Tauranga, located about 11 kilometres from the city centre.It is the largest residential suburb in Tauranga. [3] It is bordered to the west by Arataki and Mount Maunganui (east of Sunrise Avenue and Hibiscus Avenue), the east by the Kaituna River (separating it from the Western Bay of Plenty District) and to the south by State Highway 2.
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Omanu School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, [9] [10] with a roll of 522 as of August 2024. [11]Mount Maunganui Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate school for Year 7 and 8 students, [12] [13] with a roll of 727.
Matakana Island Matakana Island as seen from the top of Mount Maunganui Geography Location Bay of Plenty Region Coordinates 37°35′S 176°05′E / 37.583°S 176.083°E / -37.583; 176.083 Total islands 5 Area 64.56 km 2 (24.93 sq mi) Length 20 km (12 mi) Width 3 km (1.9 mi) Highest elevation 18 m (59 ft) Administration New Zealand Territorial authority Western Bay of Plenty ...