Kaipara Harbour Catchment
Kaipara may refer to: *Kaipara Flats, a locality in the Rodney District of New Zealand *Kaipara (New Zealand electorate), a former Parliamentary electorate *Kaipara District, a local government division in New Zealand *Kaipara Harbour, in northern New Zealand *Kaipara River The Kaipara River drains the area to the northwest of Auckland, New Zealand. It flows north from the northern foothills of the Waitākere Ranges, meandering past the town of Helensville. It is joined by the Kaukapakapa River in its lower tidal re ...

Kaipara Flats
Kaipara Flats is a locality in the Rodney District of New Zealand. Warkworth, New Zealand, Warkworth is 12 km to the east, Ahuroa to the south, and Tauhoa to the north-west. The North Auckland Line, North Auckland railway line passes through the area. The economy is mostly sheep and cattle farming, with lifestyle blocks increasing in popularity. The Rodney Aero Club has an airfield nearby. A bridle, bridle track was established to Glorit on the Kaipara Harbour in 1899, and part was improved to a Wagon, dray road the following year. The North Auckland Line reached Kaipara Flats from Ahuroa in 1906. Demographics Statistics New Zealand describes Kaipara Flats as a rural settlement, which covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Kaipara Flats is part of the larger Puhoi, New Zealand#Puhoi Valley statistical area, Puhoi Valley statistical area. Kaipara Flats had a population of 168 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an incr ...
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Kaipara (New Zealand Electorate)
Kaipara is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate north of Auckland that existed from 1902 to 1946, and from 1978 to 1996. Population centres The Representation Act 1900 had increased the membership of the House of Representatives from general electorates 70 to 76, and this was implemented through the 1902 electoral redistribution. In 1902, changes to the country quota affected the three-member electorates in the four main centres. The tolerance between electorates was increased to ±1,250 so that the Representation Commissions (since 1896, there had been separate commissions for the North and South Islands) could take greater account of communities of interest. These changes proved very disruptive to existing boundaries, and six electorates were established for the first time, including Kaipara, and two electorates that previously existed were re-established. The electorate was rural and located north of Auckland city, in the North Auckland region. History The electorat ...
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Kaipara District
The Kaipara District is located in the Northland Region in northern New Zealand. History Kaipara District was formed through the 1989 New Zealand local government reforms and was constituted on 1 November 1989. It was made up of five former boroughs and counties: all of Hobson County, Dargaville Borough, Otamatea County, and parts of Rodney County and Whangarei County. In addition, it took over the functions of the Raupo Drainage Board, Kaiwaka Reserve Board, and the Pahi Reserve Boards. Geography Kaipara District is located in the rolling hills around the northern shores of the Kaipara Harbour, a large natural harbour open to the Tasman Sea. Kaipara District Council shares management of the harbour with various other organisations, most notably Northland Regional Council (in the north) and Auckland Council to the south. The roughly triangular district stretches from a thinning of the Northland Peninsula south of Kaiwaka and Mangawhai in the southeast to the Waipoua Forest ...
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Kaipara Harbour
Kaipara Harbour is a large enclosed harbour estuary complex on the north western side of the North Island of New Zealand. The northern part of the harbour is administered by the Kaipara District and the southern part is administered by the Auckland Council. The local Māori tribe is Ngāti Whātua. By area, the Kaipara Harbour is one of the largest harbours in the world. It covers at high tide, with exposed as mudflats and sandflats at low tide.Heath, RA (1975) ''Stability of some New Zealand coastal inlets.'' New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 9 (4):449-57. According to Māori tradition, the name Kaipara had its origins back in the 15th century when the Arawa chief, Kahumatamomoe, travelled to the Kaipara to visit his nephew at Pouto. At a feast, he was so impressed with the cooked root of the para fern, that he gave the name Kai-para to the district. ''Kaipara'' comes from the Māori meaning "food", and meaning "king fern". Geography The harbo ...
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