Kohukohu, New Zealand

Kohukohu
Kohukohu Wharf
Coordinates: 35°21′41″S 173°32′39″E / 35.36139°S 173.54417°E / -35.36139; 173.54417
Country	New Zealand
Region	Northland Region
District	Far North District
Ward	Kaikohe/Hokianga
Electorates	Northland Te Tai Tokerau
Government
• Territorial Authority	Far North District Council
• Regional council	Northland Regional Council
Area [1]
• Total	4.26 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	190
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)

Kohukohu is a village on the Hokianga Harbour in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand.

Kohukohu is situated on the northern shore of the harbour where it splits into two rivers, the Mangamuka River branching inland to the northeast and the Waihou River leading towards the east past Mangungu, Horeke and Rangiahua.

Where the harbour divides there is a small island called Motiti which was painted by Augustus Earle, the first European artist to spend several months in New Zealand, during his visit to the Hokianga in 1827. He wrote "we were sailing up a spacious sheet of water, which became considerably wider after entering it; while majestic hills rose on each side .... looking up the river we beheld various headlands stretching into the water and gradually contracting its width, 'till they became fainter and fainter in the distance and all was lost in the azure of the horizon".