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Northland (New Zealand Electorate)
Northland is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was established for the 1996 election. It was represented by National Party MP John Carter from 1996 to 2011, and then National's Mike Sabin until his resignation on 30 January 2015. The by-election in March 2015 was won by New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters. Peters was defeated by National's Matt King in the 2017 general election. King in turn was defeated by the Labour Party's Willow-Jean Prime in the 2020 general election, who became the first Labour MP elected for the area since the party won the predecessor electorate Bay of Islands in 1938. Population centres Northland is the northernmost general electorate of New Zealand. The electorate encompasses the entire Far North District and Kaipara District, and a small rural section of Whangarei District. At the 2008 election, the town of Wellsford became part of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northland Electorate, 2014
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Kaipara District
The Kaipara District is located in the Northland Region in northern New Zealand. History Kaipara District was formed through the 1989 New Zealand local government reforms and was constituted on 1 November 1989. It was made up of five former boroughs and counties: all of Hobson County, Dargaville Borough, Otamatea County, and parts of Rodney County and Whangarei County. In addition, it took over the functions of the Raupo Drainage Board, Kaiwaka Reserve Board, and the Pahi Reserve Boards. Geography Kaipara District is located in the rolling hills around the northern shores of the Kaipara Harbour, a large natural harbour open to the Tasman Sea. Kaipara District Council shares management of the harbour with various other organisations, most notably Northland Regional Council (in the north) and Auckland Council to the south. The roughly triangular district stretches from a thinning of the Northland Peninsula south of Kaiwaka and Mangawhai in the southeast to the Waipoua For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moerewa
Moerewa is a small town in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the Bay of Islands five kilometres to the west of Kawakawa. Moerewa is a service town for the surrounding farming industry. Its main industry is the freezing works. During the economic slump of the 1980s, many of the town's industries were badly affected, and unemployment soared. For this reason, the town's population has dwindled in recent years, although there are signs of an economic revival in the district. Demographics Moerewa covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Moerewa had a population of 1,632 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 288 people (21.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 222 people (15.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 432 households, comprising 810 males and 822 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female. The median age was 29.2 years (compared with 37.4 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Kawakawa is a small town in the Bay of Islands area of the Northland Region of New Zealand. Kawakawa developed as a service town when coal was found there in the 1860s, but coal mining ceased in the early 20th century. The economy is now based on farming. The town is named after the kawakawa shrub. History and culture Kawakawa starting developing as a town with the mining of coal, which was discovered there in 1861. A horse-drawn tramway was opened in 1868 to carry coal from the mines to the Taumarere wharf. In 1871 two steam locomotives were acquired and the tramway was upgraded to railway standard. In 1884 a railway line from Kawakawa to Opua was opened, and this replaced the line to Taumarere wharf. The area was a location for the late 19th/early 20th century kauri gum digging trade. By 1899 there were about 1,000 residents in the town, which was built mainly on the hillside. In 1899 a fire destroyed all but a few of the buildings. The town was rebuilt on the flat, alongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruru Falls
Haruru Falls is a waterfall near the settlement of Haruru in the Far North District of New Zealand, west of Paihia. In the Māori language, the word ''haruru'' means 'continuous noise or roar'. The lagoon on the downstream side of the falls was New Zealand's first river port, used by both Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ... and early missionaries. References Waterfalls of New Zealand Landforms of the Northland Region {{Waterfall-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opua
Opua is a locality in the Bay of Islands, in the sub-tropical Northland Region of New Zealand. It is notable as the first port for overseas yachts arriving in the country after crossing the Pacific Ocean. In the original 1870s plans for the town, it was named Newport. The town of Paihia is nearby, and the small settlement of Te Haumi is in between. The car ferry across the Bay of Islands, the main tourist access to Russell, runs between Opua and Okiato. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of the flower" for ''Ōpua''. The Waimangaro area north-west of Opua is listed on the Ngāpuhi and Te Puni Kōkiri websites as a traditional meeting point of the Ngāpuhi hapū of Te Uri Ongaonga. Demographics Opua, including Te Haumi to the north, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Opua had a population of 1,137 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 129 people (12.8%) sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paihia
Paihia is the main tourist town in the Bay of Islands in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 60 kilometres north of Whangārei, located close to the historic towns of Russell and Kerikeri. Missionary Henry Williams named the mission station ''Marsden's Vale''. Paihia eventually became the accepted name of the settlement. Nearby to the north is the historic settlement of Waitangi, and the residential and commercial area of Haruru Falls is to the west. The port and township of Opua, and the small settlement of Te Haumi, lie to the south. History and culture Origin of the Name The origin of the name "Paihia" is unclear. A popular attribution, most likely apocryphal, is that when Reverend Henry Williams first arrived in the Bay of Islands searching for a location for his mission station, he told his Māori guide, "Pai here," meaning "Good here," as his Māori vocabulary was limited. European settlement Henry Williams and his wife Marianne settled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerikeri
Kerikeri () is the largest town in Northland, New Zealand. It is a tourist destination north of Auckland and north of the northern region's largest city, Whangarei. It is sometimes called the Cradle of the Nation, as it was the site of the first permanent mission station in the country, and it has some of the most historic buildings in the country. A rapidly expanding centre of subtropical and allied horticulture, Kerikeri is in the Far North District of the North Island and lies at the western extremity of the Kerikeri Inlet, a northwestern arm of the Bay of Islands, where fresh water of the Kerikeri River enters the Pacific Ocean. The village was established by New Zealand's pioneering missionaries, who called it Gloucester Town, but the name did not endure. The Māori word ''Kerikeri'' was interpreted by said missionaries as Keddi Keddi or Kiddeekiddee, before the romanisation methods they used were revised to what is used today. In 1814, Samuel Marsden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaitaia
Kaitaia ( mi, Kaitāia) is a town in the Far North District of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula, about 160 km northwest of Whangārei. It is the last major settlement on State Highway 1. Ahipara Bay, the southern end of Ninety Mile Beach, is 5 km west. The main industries are forestry and tourism. The population is as of which makes it the second-largest town in the Far North District, after Kerikeri. The name Kaitāia means ample food, kai being the Māori word for food. The Muriwhenua are a group of six northern Māori iwi occupying the northernmost part of the North Island surrounding Kaitaia. History and culture European settlement The Kaitaia Mission Station was established between 1833 and 1834 after a series of visits by Church Missionary Society (CMS) representatives including Samuel Marsden, and at different times, Joseph Matthews and William Gilbert Puckey. Puckey and Matthews had married two sisters, Matilda and Mary Ann Davis re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipa-Mangonui
Taipa-Mangonui or Taipa Bay-Mangonui is a string of small resort settlements – Taipa, Cable Bay, Coopers Beach, and Mangōnui – that lie along the coast of Doubtless Bay and are so close together that they have run together to form one larger settlement. The miniature conurbation lies 150 kilometres by road northwest of Whangārei (and 100 kilometres as the crow flies), 20 kilometres northeast of Kaitaia, and nearly 100 kilometres southeast of the northernmost tip of the North Island. It is the northernmost centre in New Zealand with a population of more than 1000. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "great shark" for ''Mangōnui''. Demographics Taipa-Mangonui, called Taumarumaru for census purposes, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Taumarumaru had a population of 2,193 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 381 people (21.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maungakaramea
Maungakaramea is a locality in Northland, New Zealand. Whangārei is to the northeast. Local features include Tangihua Forest, Maungakaramea Sports Club and Mid Western Rugby Club. History and culture The name Maungakaramea was given to the area by local Māori. There are two interpretations of the meaning of the name, one is that "Karamea" means speargrass ( Aciphylla), hence the "speargrass mountain", the other is that Karamea is a coloured clay of a reddish type used for war paint on the face and body. A safe interpretation is "Red Ochre Mountain". The area from Whangarei to Waipu, Waihonga and Tangihua, was taken from Ngaitahuhu by a Ngapuhi chief, Te Ponaharakeke, who joined with Te Ngarokiteuru to drive all the Ngaitahuhu out in the mid-18th century. The first record of a European settler in the Maungakaramea area was in 1820 when the Reverend Samuel Marsden encountered a Māori tribe whilst travelling overland via the Kaipara Harbour. The Maungakaramea blocks w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poroti
Poroti is a locality in Northland, New Zealand. Titoki is about 7 km to the west, and Maungatapere is about 8 km east. Around Poroti are a large number of orchards growing avocado, and a number of flower growing operations growing Sandersonia, calla lilies, orchids, and hydrangea ''Hydrangea'', () commonly named the hortensia, is a genus of over 75 species of flowering plants native to Asia and the Americas. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan. Most are shrubs tall, ...s for export markets all over the world. Education Poroti School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a decile rating of 6 and a roll of 37. The school held a 125-year reunion in 2004. Notes Whangarei District Populated places in the Northland Region {{Northland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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