Whangara
Sign in to saveWhangara ( ) is a small community in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island, located between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay, five kilometres southwest of Gable End Foreland and two kilometres east of State Highway 35.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Populated places in the Gisborne District and Use New Zealand English from March 2024.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Gisborne District
- Image
- Whangara panorama.jpg
- Dialing code
- 06
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Whangara ( ) is a small community in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island, located between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay, five kilometres southwest of Gable End Foreland and two kilometres east of State Highway 35.
The settlement features prominently in the early history of the Ngāti Porou iwi, as the site where Tamatea, captain of the Tākitimu canoe settled on arriving in New Zealand. Canoe races were held at nearby Pikopiko-i-whiti, with the people watching from a hill called Puke-hapopo. The place name may be cognate with Fa'ara on Taha'a island in French Polynesia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whangara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations