Mangawhai Heads
| Mangawhai Heads | ||
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 6 ′ S , 174 ° 35 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-NTL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Northland | |
| District | Kaipara District | |
| Ward | Otamatea Ward | |
| Residents | 1 086 (2013) | |
| height | 20 m | |
| Post Code | 0505 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 9 | |
Mangawhai Heads is a place in the Kaipara District of Northland on the North Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The Māori name of the place is made up of two parts, " manga " , which means "river" in the Māori language and " whai " , which stands for the chief Te Whai , who fell after an attack by the Ngāpuhi on the place Pakiri fled to what is now Mangawhai .
geography
The place is located around 46 km south-southeast of Whangarei and around 22 km north-northeast of Wellsford directly on Mangawhai Harbor , which has access to the Pacific Ocean around 1.5 km east of the center . The place is connected to the New Zealand State Highway 1 in terms of traffic via a 17 km long country road leading west via Mangawhai , which meets the highway at Kaiwaka .
population
In the 2013 census, the town had 1,086 inhabitants, 27.5% more than in the 2006 census.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Mangawhai . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 121 f .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neubauer: Mangawhai . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 121 .
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed November 9, 2017 .
- ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Mangawhai Heads . Statistics New Zealand , accessed November 9, 2017 .