Papamoa

Papamoa
Māori: Te Rae o Pāpāmoa
Suburb
Looking towards Mayor Island down Domain Rd from the Papamoa Hills
Looking towards Mayor Island down Domain Rd from the Papamoa Hills
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Coordinates: 37°44′S 176°18′E / 37.733°S 176.300°E / -37.733; 176.300
CountryNew Zealand
CityTauranga
Local authorityTauranga City Council
Electoral ward
  • Arataki General Ward
  • Pāpāmoa General Ward
Area
[1]
 • Land2,580 ha (6,380 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total37,800
Arataki (Bay of Plenty)
Kairua
Papamoa
Kaitemako Otawa, Te Puke Maketu

Papamoa or Papamoa Beach is a suburb of Tauranga, located about 11 kilometres from the city centre. It is the largest residential suburb in Tauranga.[3] It is bordered to the west by Arataki and Mount Maunganui (east of Sunrise Avenue and Hibiscus Avenue), the east by the Kaituna River (separating it from the Western Bay of Plenty District) and to the south by State Highway 2.

  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. ^ "Papamoa set for growth boom". Bay of Plenty Times. 12 July 2015.