Maungaturoto
Maungatūroto | |
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 View from the hills of Maungaturoto | |
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| Coordinates: 36°06′35″S 174°21′15″E / 36.10972°S 174.35417°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Northland Region |
| District | Kaipara District |
| Ward | Otamatea Ward |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Kaipara District Council |
| • Regional council | Northland Regional Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,050 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
Maungaturoto is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand.
The township is located close to the Otamatea River, an estuarial arm of the Kaipara Harbour 25 kilometres north of Wellsford and 45 kilometres south of Whangārei.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "mountain standing up in lagoons" for Maungatūroto.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.