Aranga, New Zealand

For the locality in Galicia, Spain, see Aranga.

Aranga
Aranga is located in Northland Region
Aranga
Aranga
Coordinates: 35°44′23″S 173°36′49″E / 35.73972°S 173.61361°E / -35.73972; 173.61361
CountryNew Zealand
RegionNorthland Region
DistrictKaipara District

Aranga is a locality in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 12 passes through it. Ōmāpere is 47 km northwest, and Dargaville is 42 km southeast. The Waipoua Forest is to the north.[1][2] Maunganui Bluff and the Tasman Sea are to the west, with the small settlement of Aranga Beach lying at the northern end of Ripiro Beach.[3]

Trounson Kauri Park is a 586 ha forest reserve a few kilometres south of Aranga.[4]

Aranga was a centre of the kauri gum industry from 1887[5] until the late 1940s, one of the last gum extraction areas in New Zealand.[6] A flax mill operated at Aranga from 1890 to 1900.[7]

The local Waikarā Marae is a traditional meeting ground for the Te Roroa.[8] It features the meeting house, Te Uaua.[9]

  1. ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 6. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  2. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 22. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  3. ^ "Dargaville and the Northern Wairoa". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  4. ^ "Trounson Kauri Park". New Zealand Department of Conservation.
  5. ^ Ryburn, Wayne (1999). Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum. Auckland, N.Z.: Kaipara Publications. pp. 132, 224. ISBN 0-473-06176-7.
  6. ^ Ryburn, p 203
  7. ^ Ryburn, p 139
  8. ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  9. ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.