Whangateau (Q7990630)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Whangateau is a small town on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated in Rodney District, part of the Auckland Region, and is on a peninsula stretching out into the Hauraki Gulf, north of Auckland. Whangateau is on the northern shore of Whangateau Harbour which is fed by the Omaha River and separated from Omaha Bay by the Maungatawhiri sandspit. The settlement is in two parts of 20 to 30 houses each. The main settlement includes a large public reserve with sports fields and a campground. There is also a public hall which hosts music events and a flax weaving group. The smaller settlement is Tram Car Bay, named for two tram cars which were used as holiday homes. Whangateau is situated between the rural settlement of Matakana and the fishing village of Leigh.A tsunami siren is located in the town.

Summary from Reo Māori / Māori Wikipedia (miwiki)

Ko Whangateau he nohanga o Te Tai-tokerau. E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi nohoia e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te nui o te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu tēnei. Ko Te Tai-tokerau tētahi o ngā takiwā o Aotearoa; koia tonu te rohe o Ngā Puhi me ērā atu iwi rongonui o reira.

Wikidata location: -36.3090, 174.7680 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Whangateau (OSM), 0.56 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Whangateau
place: village
name:mi: Whangateau
wikidata: Q7990630

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