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Kaikohe
Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about from Auckland, and about from Whangārei. It is the largest inland town and highest community above sea level in the Northland Region. With a population of over 4000 people, Kaikohe is a shopping and service centre for an extensive farming district and is sometimes referred to as "the hub of the north". Geography The town is situated on a relatively level site surrounded mainly by undulating plains and is nearby many former pā sites including Nga Huha, Pouerua, Te Rua-hoanga, Ngaungau, Kaiaia, Te Tou o Roro, Taka-poruruku, Tapa-huarau, Nga Puke-pango, Maunga-turoto, and Maunga-kawakawa. On the western edge of town, Kaikohe Hill rises 300 m above sea level, allowing views of the imposing sand dunes on the Hokianga Harbour to the west, farmlands to the east and south toward Mount Hikurangi (625 m). To the north of the Putahi volcanic ridge is Lake Ōmāpere, five km in length, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaikohe Hill
Kaikohe Hill (also Tokareireia, Memorial Hill) is a high hill in Māori culture, Northland, New Zealand with significance in Māori culture. Geography It is on the western edge of the town of Kaikohe. To its north east are the extinct volcanic cones of Putahi and Tarahi (volcano), Tarahi and Lake Ōmāpere. Geology It is a basaltic scoria cone in the southern part of the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field. The geological basement to the nearby volcanoes is likely to be the Permian-Mesozoic Stratigraphy of New Zealand, Waipapa Group argillite at perhaps more than deep as defined by drill hole at the near by thermal Ngawha Springs and seismic studies. Culture The slopes of the hill contain a memorial park to Hōne Heke Ngāpua, a great-grand nephew of Hōne Heke and leader in Māori autonomy. References {{Reflist External links View from near the Hone Heke Memorial, on Kaikohe Hill. Far North District Volcanoes of the Northland Region Kaikohe Ngāpuhi people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
