Paengaroa

Paengaroa
Paengaroa in 1911
Paengaroa in 1911
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Coordinates: 37°49′21″S 176°24′41″E / 37.8224°S 176.4114°E / -37.8224; 176.4114
CountryNew Zealand
RegionBay of Plenty
Territorial authorityWestern Bay of Plenty
WardMaketu-Te Puke
CommunityEastern district Community
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial authorityWestern Bay of Plenty District Council
 • Regional councilBay of Plenty Regional Council
Area
 • Total
1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total
970
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
3189
Area code07

Paengaroa is a village in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand which lies 11 km from Te Puke, 35 km from Tauranga[3] and 46.2 km from Rotorua.

Paengaroa is located on State Highway 33 approximately 2 km from the junction with State Highway 2, and at the eastern end of the Tauranga Eastern Motorway (TEL), which was opened in 2015.[4]

Paengaroa is a largely rural settlement with many farms and a few shops.[3] Some residents also commute to Tauranga.[3] It has 2.27 hectares of commercial land.[5]

  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. ^ a b c Qv.co.nz: About Paengaroa, Western Bay of Plenty District
  4. ^ NZTA: Tauranga Eastern Link - Construction programme Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Business Land Trends". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.