Ahipara
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Ahipara
Ahipara is a town and locality in Northland, New Zealand. It is at the southern end of Ninety Mile Beach, with the Tauroa Peninsula to the west and Herekino Forest to the east. Ahipara Bay is to the north west. Kaitaia is 14 km to the north east,[1] and Pukepoto is between the two.
The population was 1125 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 84 from 2001.[2]
Shipwreck Bay, at the southern point of Ahipara Bay, contains a number of wrecks visible at low tide.[3]
[edit] Education
Ahipara School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 3 and a roll of 241.[4] The school was founded in 1872 as a mission school, and moved to its present site in 1901.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Northland places". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
- ^ Final counts – census night and census usually resident populations, and occupied dwellings - Far North District. Statistics New Zealand.
- ^ Top of the North - Ahipara. Destination Northland.
- ^ Te Kete Ipurangi. Ministry of Education.
- ^ Ahipara Primary School - School Description (pdf).
