Tairua
| Tairua | ||
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 0 ′ S , 175 ° 51 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-WKO | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Waikato | |
| District | Thames-Coromandel District | |
| Ward | South Eastern Ward | |
| Residents | 1 227 (2013) | |
| height | 4 m | |
| Post Code | 3508 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 7 | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 View from Mount Paku to Tairua |
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Tairua is a place in the Thames-Coromandel District of the Waikato regionon the North Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The name of the place means something like “two tides” in the Māori language .
geography
The place is located around 32 km east-northeast of Thames and around 44 km north of Waihi on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula . Tairua is divided into three districts due to the landscape, the western part, which lies on the mainland, the eastern part, which lies on the Paku Peninsula and the northern part, which lies between the two aforementioned districts and connects them with each other. The place thus encloses the Tairua Harbor , which has access to the Pacific Ocean between Te Huruhuru Point on the peninsula and Royal Billy Point on the south opposite side, and which finds the estuary of the Tairua River on its south-west side . On the southern side of the natural harbor lies on a promontory the place Pauanui and 2.5 km seaward located in front of Paku Peninsula lying Shoe Iceland , in Māori Motuhoa called.
history
The Mount Paku , consisting of leftover parts of a former volcano, formerly housed a Pā (village) of Māori and was fought with its fortifications once hard. European immigrants saw the area as it was Kauri -Trees to cut and dig for gold. At the time of overexploitation in the adjacent forests, more than 130 million meters of wood was shipped via Tairua Harbor and the small port of Tairua has since then still held the world record for timber loads that were loaded once in a day.
With the opening of Kopu-Hikuai Road in 1967, Tairua became increasingly attractive for tourism and became a popular vacation spot on the Coromandel Peninsula .
population
In the 2013 census, the town had 1,227 inhabitants, 3.3% less than in the 2006 census.
Infrastructure
Road traffic
The New Zealand State Highway 25 runs through the western and northern part of Tairua , which connects the place with all the places on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula and leads south to Waihi . A branching cross-connection begins with the New Zealand State Highway 25A around 12 km southwest of the village and connects it with Thames , on the west side of the Coromandel Peninsula .
Shipping
A pier built 75 m into Tairua Harbor enables boats to be moored even at low tide . From the jetty there is a passenger ferry connection to the jetty around 1000 m northeast at the tip of the headland of Pauanui , which is on the southern side of the natural harbor.
Education
With the Tairua School, the settlement has a primary school with grades 1 to 8. In 2016, 160 students attended the school.
tourism
Tairua itself is a popular vacation spot on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula . Hiking and swimming, surfing, diving, fishing and boating are also possible in the waters of the natural harbor and on the beaches and coastal stretches of the Pacific Ocean. Hot Water Beach, 12 km to the north, and Cathedral Cove, 19 km to the north-northwest, can be reached from Tairua .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Tairua . Statistics New Zealand , accessed September 16, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Tairua . The Mercury Bay Informer , archived from the original on October 16, 2017 ; accessed on May 18, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed October 15, 2017 .
- ^ Tairua School . Education Review Office , accessed October 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Tairua . The Coromandel , accessed October 15, 2017 .