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Population density for Northland in the 2023 census. The Northland region (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.
The original name, still used by local Māori, is Te Kohanga o Te Tai Tokerau ("the nest of the northern people") or Te Puna o Te Ao Marama ("the wellspring in the world of light"). The full name of the harbour is Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe — "the place of Kupe's great return".
Te Tai Tokerau's boundaries are similar to those of the pre-Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) Northern Maori electorate. Te Tai Tokerau was created ahead of the first MMP election in 1996. In the 2002 boundary redistribution, the size of the electorate shrank to make room for an increase in the number of Māori electorates from six to seven. [1]
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]
Statistics New Zealand describes Tokerau Beach as a rural settlement. It covers 0.78 km 2 (0.30 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 290 as of June 2024, [2] with a population density of 372 people per km 2. Tokerau Beach is part of the larger Karikari Peninsula statistical area. [4]
Mangōnui is a settlement on the west side of Mangōnui Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 10 runs through it. It is the easternmost of the Taipa-Mangonui string of settlements, separated from Coopers Beach to the northwest by Mill Bay Road.
Rewa's Village was built in the 1970s to fundraise for legal services to stop a housing subdivision in the Kerikeri basin area. The land was later bought and turned into a public reserve. Ngāti Rēhia took over the site in 2020 and renamed it Te Ahurea (lit. 'culture') following $1.25 million being granted from the Provincial Growth Fund.
Hikurangi is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The city of Whangārei is 17 kilometres (11 mi) to the south, and Kawakawa is 39 kilometres (24 mi) northwest. The Glenbervie Forest is southeast of the settlement.