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Whangārei Heads is a locality and volcanic promontory on the northern side of the Whangārei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. Whangārei is 29 km (18 mi) to the north-west, and Ocean Beach is 8 km (5.0 mi) to the south-east, with Taurikura between the two. Mount Manaia rises to 420 metres (1,380 feet) to the east. [3] [4]
Whangārei is 19 km to the west, and Whangārei Heads are 10 km to the south east, with Munro Bay between the two. The western head is called Manganese Point, and the eastern is Reserve Point. The Nook is a small bay just to the north of Reserve Point. [3] [4] The bay is sheltered and about 4 km wide, with about one kilometre between the headlands.
Whangarei Limestone can be seen at Waro Rocks Scenic Reserve, north of Hikurangi. Many of the hills in Northland are formed from the Tangihua Complex rocks of the Northland Allochthon. Maungaraho, north of Tokatoka, gives a good example of a remnant of an early Miocene andesitic volcano. Whangārei Heads represents another example.
Mount Manaia is a dominant landmark approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Whangārei city on the Whangārei Heads peninsula.. Standing 420 metres, the summit offers outstanding views of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery, Bream Bay and the Hauraki Gulf to the south, Whangārei Harbour to the west and the Poor Knights Islands and Northland coast to the north.
Whangarei Harbour Marine Reserve is located in an inter-tidal area between Onerahi and Waikaraka, and another around Motukaroro Island, at Reotahi, Whangārei Heads. The Motukaroro Island reserve is popular with snorkelers due to the large amount of marine life seen there.
Whangarei District is a territorial authority district in the Northland Region of New Zealand that is governed by the Whangarei District Council.The district is made up in area largely by rural land, and includes a fifth of the Northland Region.
Whangārei (Māori: [faŋaːˈɾɛi]) [4] is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland region.It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to administer both the city and its hinterland.
The Brynderwyn Range or Brynderwyn Hills is a ridge extending east–west across the Northland Peninsula in northern New Zealand some 60 kilometres south of Whangārei, from the southern end of Bream Bay in the east to the Otamatea River (an arm of the Kaipara Harbour) in the west.