Taipa | |
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 Taipa in 1992 | |
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| Coordinates: 34°59′46″S 173°27′43″E / 34.996°S 173.462°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Northland Region |
| District | Far North District |
| Ward | Te Hiku |
| Community | Te Hiku |
| Subdivision | Doubtless Bay |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Far North District Council |
| • Regional council | Northland Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Far North | Moko Tepania |
| • Northland MP | Grant McCallum |
| • Te Tai Tokerau MP | Mariameno Kapa-Kingi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 190 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
Taipa is a settlement on the southern side of Doubtless Bay in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 10 runs through it. It is the westernmost of the Taipa-Mangonui string of settlements, and separated from the others by the Taipa River.[3]
Taipa is traditionally the first landing place of Kupe, the Polynesian explorer of Aotearoa. There is a memorial near the bridge over the Taipa River.[4]
The name may have originated as Taiapa, a fence between two disputed shellfish beds.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Harriss, Gavin (November 2021). "NZ Topo Map" (Map). Taipa, Northland.
- ^ a b "Taipa". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 28 March 2022.