Matapouri

Matapouri
Matapōuri
Matapouri Bay
Matapouri Bay
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Coordinates: 35°33′55″S 174°30′15″E / 35.56528°S 174.50417°E / -35.56528; 174.50417
CountryNew Zealand
RegionNorthland Region
DistrictWhangarei District
WardHikurangi-Coastal Ward
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityWhangarei District Council
 • Regional councilNorthland Regional Council
Area
[1]
 • Total1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total270
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)

Matapouri (Māori: Matapōuri) is a coastal settlement in the Whangarei District of Northland, New Zealand.[3][4] It is 7 km north of Tutukaka and 35 km north-east of Whangārei,[5][6][7] in an area known as the Tutukaka Coast. Matapouri was described by Whangarei District Council in 2010 as "an archetypal Kiwi bach settlement".[8] Holiday homes make up 90 per cent of the houses and at holiday times the number of residents swells to seven times its permanent population.[9]

  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. ^ "New Zealand's favourite family beaches revealed". NZ Herald. 20 January 2017. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Matapouri and Woolleys Bay Whangarei District Council". www.wdc.govt.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  5. ^ Dinsdale, Mike (4 October 2017). "Australian tourism campaign for Northland ruled a success". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Matapouri Estuary". New Zealand Geographic. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Matapouri Bay | Northland & Bay of Islands, New Zealand". www.newzealand.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Whangarei District Growth Strategy", p. 199.
  9. ^ "Whangarei District Growth Strategy", p. 76.