Waipoua Settlement

Waipoua Settlement
Waipoua Forest
Waipoua Forest
Waipoua Settlement is located in Northland Region
Waipoua Settlement
Waipoua Settlement
Location within Northland Region
Coordinates: 35°56′18″S 173°52′18″E / 35.93833°S 173.87167°E / -35.93833; 173.87167
CountryNew Zealand
RegionNorthland Region
DistrictKaipara District
Postcode(s)
0310

Waipoua Settlement is a rural community in the Kaipara District of Northland, in New Zealand's North Island.

Geographical features

It includes the Waipoua Forest, one of the best preserved examples of a kauri forest in New Zealand. It is notable for having two of the largest living kauri trees, Tāne Mahuta and Te Matua Ngahere. Approximately 200,000 people visit Tāne Mahuta every year.

The area has two marae belonging to Te Roroa: Matatina Marae and Tuohu meeting house, and Pananawe Marae and Te Taumata o Tiopira Kinaki meeting house.

History

On 26 February 2025, a wildfire engulfed over 70 hectares of land near Waipoua Settlement. Emergency services have evacuated local residents.

Notes

  1. ↑ Alicia Burrow (6 May 2015). "Kaipara leads the way in 'visitor' growth". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Waipoua Forest: Places to go in Northland". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Waipoua Forest: Places to go in Northland". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  5. ↑ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  6. ↑ "Remaining residents evacuated as massive Waipoua Forest fire rages in Northland". Radio New Zealand. 26 February 2025. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

35°56′S 173°53′E / 35.933°S 173.883°E / -35.933; 173.883