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Population density for Northland in the 2023 census. The Northland region (Māori: Te Tai Tokerau), officially 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".
Location Korokota: Tikitiki o Rangi: Ngāpuhi (Te Parawhau), Ngāti Whātua (Te Parawhau) Titoki: Te Kotahitanga Marae o Otangarei: Te Puawaitanga Hou: Ngāpuhi (Uri o Te Tangata) Otangarei: Matapōuri Marae: Te Tokomanawa o te Aroha: Ngāti Rehua, Ngātiwai (Ngāti Toki-ki-te-Moananui, Te Āki Tai, Te Whānau a Rangiwhaakahu) Matapouri ...
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.
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.
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.
An A class steam engine hauls a southbound Northland Express through Maungaturoto in the late 1920s with an A B class engine at its shed on the left. The North Auckland Line at Maungaturoto in 2011. About 2 km (1.2 mi) south west of the town, [21] Maungaturoto had a station on the North Auckland Line from 13 August 1915 to 12 June 1987.
Ōkaihau was a Māori village when the settlers arrived on the ridge which stands between Lake Ōmāpere and the Hokianga harbour. [ citation needed ] It was the northernmost point for the railway. Ōkaihau was very busy during early to mid 20th century, but the removal of the railway stopped the business and tourist flow.