Whangarei
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| Whangarei | ||
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Whangarei Territorial Region |
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| Urban Area | Population | 48,300 |
| Extent | Hikurangi to Portland Te Hihi to airport |
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| Territorial Authority |
Name | Whangarei District Council |
| Population | 74,463 (2006 census) | |
| Extent | Whangaruru to Waipu; west to Wheki Valley |
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| Regional Council |
Name | Northland Regional Council |
Whangarei (the initial consonant is pronounced F, fa-nga-ray) is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although it is commonly classified as a city, officially it is under the jurisdiction of the Whangarei District Council, a local body created in 1989 to administer both the city proper and its hinterland.
Whangarei has a subtropical climate and very few frosts. Summers rarely exceed 30°C, and there is plentiful rainfall, spread relatively evenly over the year.
[edit] Whangarei District
Whangarei district includes the town of Hikurangi, and the suburbs of Kamo, Tikipunga, Whau Valley, Otangarei, Kensington, Regent, Maunu, Morningside, Raumanga, and Onerahi as well as a large amount of rural land, including beaches such as Ngunguru, game fishing mecca Tutukaka, and a variety of beaches along Whangarei Harbour.
The district extends as far south as Bream Bay, north towards the Cape Brett peninsula, and west almost to Waipoua Forest. It also includes the Hen and Chicken Islands and the Poor Knights Islands.
[edit] Famous people from Whangarei
- Country singer Keith Urban was born there, but was raised in Australia, and has made his name in the United States. He is married to Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman.
- Ted Salmon, a field hockey player who represented New Zealand twice at the Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972.
- Arthur Parkin, a field hockey player who won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
- Suzie Muirhead, a field hockey defender who competed in two Summer Olympics (2000 and 2004).
- Winston Peters, a Cabinet Minister, was born there in 1945.
- Samantha Warriner, silver medalist in Women's Triathlon at the 2006 Commonweatlth Games, lives there.
- Jack Marshall, Prime Minister of New Zealand for part of 1972, attended Whangarei Boys' High School.
- Brad Carter, a member of the New Zealand rock band Steriogram, attended Kamo High School.
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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
