Tokerau Beach

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Tokerau Beach
Geographical location
Tokerau Beach (New Zealand)
Tokerau Beach
Coordinates 34 ° 53 ′  S , 173 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 53 ′  S , 173 ° 22 ′  E
Region ISO NZ-NTL
Country New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
region Northland
District Far North District
Ward Te Hiku Ward
Residents 246 (2013)
height Height of sea level
Post Code 0483
Telephone code +64 (0) 9
Photography of the place
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Tokerau Beach

Tokerau Beach is a small coastal settlement in the Far North District of the Northland regionon the North Island of New Zealand .

geography

The settlement is located around 27 km north-northeast of Kaitaia on the Karikari Peninsula on the beach in the north-western part of Doubtless Bay . From the settlement, which extends over a length of around 2 km on the beach, the sandy beach of the bay, which is also called Tokerau Beach , stretches for around 14 km south to the estuary of the Awapoko River .

population

For the 2013 census, the town had 246 inhabitants.

economy

The settlement lives mainly from agriculture.

literature

  • Helga Neubauer: Tokerau Beach . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 118 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Karikari Peninsula - Maungataniwha . Statistics New Zealand , accessed on September 4, 2017 (English, StatsMap: Meshblock analysis from the interactive map).
  2. Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed September 4, 2017 .