Whangarei
| Whangarei | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 44 ′ S , 174 ° 19 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-NTL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Northland | |
| District | Whangarei District | |
| Ward | Okara Ward | |
| Administrative headquarters | Seat of administration for the Whangarei District | |
| Residents | 45 100 (2013) | |
| height | 5 m | |
| Post Code | 0110 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 9 | |
| UN / LOCODE | NZ WRE | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Town Hall |
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Whangarei is a city in the Northland regionin the north of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the administrative center of the region and also the headquarters of the Whangarei District s .
Origin of name
There are different interpretations of where the name Whangarei originated. In New Zealand there is no complete agreement on the Maori spelling of the name. Spellings like " Whāngārei " or " Whangārei " can be found.
A history of origin of the name refers to the name of the natural harbor Whangarei Harbor , derived from " Te Whanga-o-Reitū " or " Te Whanga-o-Reipae ", where " Whanga " means port and Reitū and Reipae were the names of sisters, which, in Māori mythology, ended up in the harbor as birds. “ Rei ” could therefore be borrowed from their name and put together result in Whangarei , the port of the Reitū or Reipae .
Two other stories of origin relate to places, one of which is a rock and the other should be the gathering place of whales, such as Whangarei Harbor . A fourth version relates to a story with a young man and a whale.
geography
Whangarei is located around 130 km north of Auckland directly on Whāngārei Harbor , a natural harbor on the east coast with access to the Pacific Ocean . The Hātea River flows through the city in a north-south direction and flows into Whangarei Harbor at the southern end of the city . Except for the southern part, the city is surrounded by mountains, which rise up to 355 m in the west, up to 391 m in the north and up to 259 m in the east in the immediate vicinity of the city . Whangarei extends north-south for around twelve kilometers and, at its narrowest point between the mountains, measures just one kilometer in east-west direction.
The New Zealand State Highway 1 and the North Auckland Line , a rail link that extends to Opua, run through the city . In the southern exit of the city, the New Zealand State Highway 14 branches off from State Highway 1 to the west and connects Dargaville in the adjacent Kaipara District .
history
The land in the extensive area around Whangarei was settled in pre-European times by various Māori tribes, such as the Ngare Raumati , the Ngāi Tāhuhu , the Ngātiwai and the Te Parawhau , the latter more likely to have settled where the city is today.
In 1839 the first European settlers came to use the site for processing Kauri wood. When war broke out between British troops and Māori tribes in the 1840s , the woodworkers fled to Auckland . The extraction of rubber from the sap of the kauri tree and shipbuilding brought the settlers back after the pacification of the region. The limestone production of cement in the area also brought new workers to the town. Other industries, such as glass production, fertilizer production and, not least, more recently, the processing of crude oil at Masden Point, made the city an economic, social and political center of the Northland region .
population
At the 2013 census, Whangarei counted around 45,100 residents, divided between two wards , the Denby Ward and the Okara Ward .
City structure
The city is divided into 19 districts, which are located around the city center, the so-called " Town Basin ".
- In the north of the city are the neighborhoods: Kamo , Whau Valley , Springs Flat , Tikipunga , Three Mile Bush , Otangarei , Mair Town, Regent and Kensington .
- The east consists of the districts: Riverside, Sherwood Rise , Parihaka and Onerahi , where the airport is also located.
- In the west and southwest are the districts: Raumanga , Morningside , Maunu, Horahora , Woodhill and Avenues
From an administrative point of view, Whangarei has not been a real city since the administrative reform in 1989, as the reform merged the administrations of the city and the surrounding area throughout New Zealand with a few exceptions. Since then, Whangarei and its surrounding area have been administered as Whangarei District . Despite this, Whangarei is generally referred to as a "city" due to its size.
economy
About two kilometers southeast of the city center is the port with the industrial park and another four kilometers southwest of the city's small regional airport.
Attractions
In addition to the Quayside Way , a harbor promenade of the marina suitable for strolling and eating, Whangarei offers a more than 180 degree view from the "local mountain" Mount Parihaka to the south with a view of Whangarei Harbor . To the northeast of the city are the Whangarei Falls and to the west of the city is the Kiwi Nort Heritage Park . In the center of the city the botanical garden " Fernery " can be visited, in which all kinds of ferns of New Zealand can be seen. The Whangarei Art Museum and the Claphams Clock Museum are also centrally located. Just outside in the Morningside district in the south there is a Kauri Clock Factory , which is also open to visitors.
Hundertwasser Art Center with Wairau Māori Art Gallery
The Whangarei District Council ( District Council ) planned to build an art center in the city in honor of Friedensreich Hundertwasser and asked Hundertwasser back in 1993 for the design for this art center. Hundertwasser sketched a two-story building with a wooded roof accessible from below on the most beautiful place in Whangarei, on an arm of the marina. The Hundertwasser Art Center should also house the Wairau Māori Art Gallery . After the Whangarei District Council withdrew its support for the planned Hundertwasser Art Center in 2014, a group of local citizens decided to take over the implementation of the project. They founded the Prosper Northland Trust to carry out the project. Following the success of a public referendum, the PNT, in collaboration with the Whangarei Art Museum Trust and the Wairau Māori Art Gallery Board, formed a team of volunteers to raise the funds necessary to carry out the project. The project team had to reach the NZ $ 16.25 million target by the end of June 2017 for the project to continue. In order to secure the operating costs, the budget was increased to NZ $ 20.97 . The team of volunteers (it is estimated that over 200 people worked more than 30,000 hours on the project) met the requirements by June 30, 2017 and raised the total of NZ $ 20.97 million. Construction work began in June 2018 and should be completed by the end of 2020 / beginning of 2021. The HUNDERTWASSER ART CENTER with the Wairau Māori Art Gallery will have a state-of-the-art gallery with original works by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and New Zealand's first gallery for contemporary Māori art. It is located at the location selected by Hundertwasser on the corner of Quayside and Riverside in the Whangarei Town Basin.
Town twinning
- Bountiful , Utah ( USA )
- Redmond , Oregon (USA)
- A friendly city arrangement has existed since June 2014 with the Chinese city of Haikou in the province of Hainan .
Personalities
Born in Whangarei:
- Winston Peters (* 1945) was foreign minister and chairman of the New Zealand First party
- Keith Urban (* 1967), country singer ( grew up in Australia , achieved great success in the USA)
- Paul Foster-Bell (* 1977), politician
- Caleb Ross (* 1981), actor, played Lex in The Tribe , for example
- John Moody (born 1983), badminton player
- Abby Erceg (* 1989), national soccer player
- Hannah Wilkinson (* 1992), national soccer player
- Laura Dekker (* 1995), Dutch-German-New Zealand sailor
People related to the city:
- Samantha Warriner (* 1971), athlete (silver at the 2006 Commonwealth Games triathlon in Melbourne)
See also
Web links
- Rāwiri Taonui : Whāngārei tribes . In: Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , January 10, 2015, accessed January 10, 2017 (English, and five following websites).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Local Governance Statement . (PDF 393 kB) Whangarei District Council , November 2013, accessed on June 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Rawiri Taonui : Whangarei tribes - Naming Whangarei Harbor . In: Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , January 10, 2015, accessed January 10, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Rawiri Taonui : Whangarei tribes - Tribes of Whangarei . In: Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , January 10, 2015, accessed January 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Whangarei . In: New Zealand History Online . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , accessed January 10, 2017 .
- ^ Yes Whangarei website
- ^ Meeting Protocol . (PDF; 2.8 MB) Whangarei District Council , August 27, 2014, accessed on June 7, 2016 (English).