Waikino

Waikino
Waikino Railway Station and Cafe
Waikino Railway Station and Cafe
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Coordinates: 37°24′47″S 175°46′19″E / 37.413°S 175.772°E / -37.413; 175.772
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWaikato region
DistrictHauraki District
WardWaihi Ward
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityHauraki District Council
 • Regional councilWaikato Regional Council
Area
 • Total1.75 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total330
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)

Waikino is a small settlement at the eastern end of a gorge in the North Island of New Zealand alongside the Ohinemuri River, between Waihi and the Karangahake Gorge. The Waikino district lies at the base of the ecologically sensitive Coromandel Peninsula with its subtropical rainforests, steep ravines and fast moving rivers and streams. The cascades of the Owharoa Falls lie just to the south west of the settlement.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "harmful waters" for Waikino.[3]

The population of Waikino was 213 people in 90 households in the 2013 New Zealand census.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  4. ^ "2013 Census map - Quickstats about a place - Meshblock 1085000". Statistics New Zealand. 2013.