Kairua | |
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| Coordinates: 37°42′36″S 176°15′11″E / 37.710°S 176.253°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Tauranga |
| Local authority | Tauranga City Council |
| Electoral ward | Arataki General Ward |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1,293 ha (3,195 acres) |
| Population (June 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 900 |
| Arataki | Papamoa | |
| (Rangataua Bay) |
  Kairua  |
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| Welcome Bay | Otawa |
Kairua is a rural area of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. State Highway 2 runs along its northern side, and crosses it at the northeast. Baypark Stadium is in the northwest of the area. The East Coast Main Trunk railway runs along the south side of SH 2.
Kairua railway station opened on 2 September 1928, and closed 28 September 1957.[3] The road between the railway station and Mount Maunganui was sealed in 1948.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Scoble, Juliet (2010). "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010" (PDF). Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. p. 49.
- ^ "Plans for Road to Mount Maunganui - Completion of Tar-Sealing". Bay of Plenty Times. 2 December 1948. p. 3.