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Waipapa is a small town in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 10, approximately 10 minutes drive from Kerikeri , the nearest urban centre. Waipapa itself has no school with most pupils travelling to Kerikeri on a daily basis.
Independent Timber Merchants or the Independent Timber Merchants Society (usually shortened as ITM) is a New Zealand co-operative of independent building supplies and hardware retailers. Its stores sell a range of products to both tradespeople and consumers, including building supplies , power tools , kitchens and paint .
In Māori tradition, Waipapa was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled Northland of Aotearoa (New Zealand). The captains were Kaiwhetu and Wairere, [1] who landed the waka in Doubtless Bay. [2] The exact landing site of the Waipapa is contested. [2]
The Waipā River is in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand.The headwaters are in the Rangitoto Range east of Te Kūiti.It flows north for 115 kilometres (71 mi), passing through Ōtorohanga and Pirongia, before flowing into the Waikato River at Ngāruawāhia.
SS Tararua was a passenger steamer that struck the reef off Waipapa Point in the Catlins on 29 April 1881, and sank the next day, in the worst civilian shipping disaster in New Zealand's history. [1] Of the 151 passengers and crew on board, only 20 survived the shipwreck.
Waipapa Point is a rocky promontory on the south coast of Foveaux Strait, the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of the mouth of the Mataura River , at the extreme southwestern end of the area known as the Catlins .
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The Waipapa River is a river of the western Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows generally north from its origins in Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park to reach Tauranga Harbour 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Tauranga .