Kaipara District
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| Population | 18,132 | |
| Extent | Waimamaku to Wellsford;
east to Cape Rodney |
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The Kaipara District is located in the Northland Region in northern New Zealand.
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[edit] Geography
Kaipara District is located in the low hills around the northern shores of the Kaipara Harbour, a large natural harbour open to the Tasman Sea.
The roughly triangular district stretches from a thinning of the North Auckland Peninsula south of Maungaturoto in the southeast to the Waipoua Forest in the northwest, extending from there down the west coast to the Kaipara Harbour. The region is bisected by the Wairoa River and its tributaries, which flow into the nortern end of the Kaipara Harbour.
[edit] Population
The district consists of the towns of Dargaville, Maungaturoto and Kaiwaka, as well as the rural area which surrounds them. It has a population of 18,132 (2006 census), of whom about 4450 live in Dargaville, the seat of the district council.
The population is largely rural, living in small settlements dotted around the undulating countryside. The area around Dargaville is noted for the high proportion of residents of Dalmatian descent.
The nearest city is Whangarei, 45 kilometres northeast of Dargaville.
Dargaville has an annual Arts and Crafts Festival run by the local Rotary club.
[edit] Local government
Kaipara District is divided into 4 wards:
- Dargaville
- Otamatea
- Central
- West Coast
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
See also: list of regions in New Zealand and territorial authorities of New Zealand.
Cities
North Shore • Waitakere • Auckland • Manukau • Hamilton • Tauranga • Napier • Palmerston North • Porirua • Upper Hutt • Lower Hutt • Wellington • Nelson* • Christchurch • Dunedin • Invercargill
Districts
North Island : Far North • Whangarei • Kaipara • Rodney • Papakura • Franklin • Thames-Coromandel • Hauraki • Waikato • Matamata-Piako • Waipa • South Waikato • Otorohanga • Rotorua • Waitomo • Taupo • Western Bay of Plenty • Whakatane • Kawerau • Opotiki • Gisborne* • Wairoa • Hastings • Central Hawke's Bay • New Plymouth • Stratford • South Taranaki • Ruapehu • Wanganui • Rangitikei • Manawatu • Tararua • Horowhenua • Kapiti Coast • Masterton • Carterton • South Wairarapa
South Island : Tasman* • Marlborough* • Buller • Grey • Westland • Kaikoura • Hurunui • Waimakariri • Selwyn • Ashburton • Timaru • Mackenzie • Waimate • Waitaki • Queenstown-Lakes • Central Otago • Clutha • Gore • Southland
Territory: Chatham Islands
*unitary authority
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