Otangarei | |
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| Coordinates: 35°41′34″S 174°19′9″E / 35.69278°S 174.31917°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Whangarei District Council |
| Electoral ward | Whangārei Urban Ward |
| Area | |
| • Land | 77 ha (190 acres) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,290 |
| Kamo | Tikipunga | |
| Whau Valley |
  Otangarei  |
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| Kensington | Mairtown | (Mount Parihaka) |
Otangarei is a suburb of Whangārei, in Northland Region, New Zealand.[3]
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of [a] group of people leaping" for Ōtāngarei.[4]
Te Kotahitanga Marae o Otangarei is the community's local marae. It is a meeting ground for the Ngāpuhi hapū of Uri o Te Tangata,[5] and features Te Puawaitanga Hou meeting house.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 24. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
- ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
- ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.