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New Zealand State Highway 14
State Highway 14 (SH 14) is a New Zealand state highway in the north of the North Island. It forms an east to west connection between and . It runs to the west coast of the Northland Region of New Zealand. Route SH 14 starts in Whangarei, running initially west to Horahora and Maunu before turning southwest, reaching Maungatapere, where it meets of which it shares a brief concurrency of . It then runs southwestwards to Dargaville where it terminates at a junction with . Major intersections See also *List of New Zealand state highways *List of roads and highways List of articles related to roads and highways around the world. International/World * Asian Highway Network * Arab Mashreq International Road Network * Alaska Highway * International E-road network * Pan-American Highway * Trans-African Highwa ..., for notable or famous roads worldwide References External linksNew Zealand Transport Agency 14 Transport in the Northland Region {{NewZealand-ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While European New Zealanders, Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asian New Zealanders, Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest Foreign born, foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Roads And Highways
List of articles related to roads and highways around the world. International/World * Asian Highway Network * Arab Mashreq International Road Network * Alaska Highway * International E-road network * Pan-American Highway * Trans-African Highway network * Interoceanic Highway Argentina *List of highways in Argentina Australia *Highways in Australia *Freeways in Australia For state listings see: * Highways in New South Wales *List of highways in Victoria *List of highways in South Australia *List of highways in Western Australia *List of highways in Queensland *List of highways in the Northern Territory *List of highways in Tasmania Bangladesh * List of roads in Bangladesh Belgium *List of motorways in Belgium Bolivia * Yungas Road Botswana Brazil *List of highways in Brazil *Rodovia Presidente Dutra *Interoceanic Highway (under construction) Cambodia * Ancient Khmer Highway Canada * Trans-Canada Highway Chile * List of highways in Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of New Zealand State Highways
This is a list of highways of the New Zealand state highway network and some touring routes. State highways are administered by the NZ Transport Agency, while all other roads are the responsibility of territorial authorities. Current North Island South Island Past The following state highways have been decommissioned. After revocation roads revert to their original names (e.g. Crown Range Road), are referred to as a route (e.g. Route 72), or have white shields. Unused numbers The following numbers have never been used: *North Island: SH 13, SH 19, SH 42, SH 55 *South Island: SH 9 (now in use by William), SH 64, SH 66, SH 68, SH 81 See also *List of roads and highways, for notable or famous roads worldwide References {{New Zealand State Highway navbox List State Highways A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brynderwyn
Brynderwyn is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. It is located at the junction of SH1 and SH12 between Whangarei and Wellsford, and a narrowing of the North Auckland Peninsula between Bream Bay and the upper branches of the 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 Auckla .... It is most notable as the scene of a 1963 bus crash which killed 15 people in the Brynderwyn Range. References Populated places in the Northland Region {{Northland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaikohe
Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about 260 km from Auckland. It is the largest inland town and highest community above sea level in the Northland Region. With a population of over 4000 people it is a shopping and service centre for an extensive farming district and is sometimes referred to as "the hub of the north". Geography The town is situated on a relatively level site surrounded mainly by undulating plains and is nearby many former pā sites including Nga Huha, Pouerua, Te Rua-hoanga, Ngaungau, Kaiaia, Te Tou o Roro, Taka-poruruku, Tapa-huarau, Nga Puke-pango, Maunga-turoto, and Maunga-kawakawa. On the western edge of town, Kaikohe Hill rises 300 m above sea level, allowing views of the imposing sand dunes on the Hokianga Harbour to the west, farmlands to the east and south toward Mount Hikurangi (625 m). To the north of the Putahi volcanic ridge is Lake Ōmāpere, five km in length, but only two to three m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otaika
Otaika ( mi, Ōtaika) is a suburb of Whangārei 7 km south of the city in Northland, New Zealand. The Otaika Stream runs from the north west, through the area, and into the Whangārei Harbour. State Highway 1 runs through the locality. The hill Tikorangi (with a summit 161 m above sea level) lies to the South. Tikorangi is a source of limestone for Portland Cement. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of lying in a heap" for ''Ōtāika''. History In the 1830s, Okaika was a Māori village of Te Parawhau hapū. Tiakiriri was the chief. The first Pakeha settlers were Frederick and George Taylor, who were living at Otaika by 1856. More Pākehā settled further up the Okaika Valley around this time. George Edge's wandering geese were sometimes eaten by locals, leading to a nickname for the valley of "Kai-goose". The local Toetoe Marae and Toetoe meeting house, located north of the village on the northern shores of the Otaika St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Reinga
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Maungatapere
Maungatapere is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 14 runs through it. Whangārei is 11 km to the east, and Tangiteroria is 18 km to the south west. The settlement takes its name from a rounded volcanic peak of the same name (a Maori name meaning "meeting house by the mountain") that lies to the southwest, and has a summit 359 meters above sea level. Maungatapere is at the junction of State Highways 14 and 15. Maungatapere is the antipode of the city of Tangier, Morocco. History Thomas Elmsley bought of land in Maungatapere and northern Wairoa from Te Tirarau Kukupa in 1839, and in 1840 he and the brothers Henry and Charles Walton came with workers to establish farms in the area. Henry Walton's farm was on the slopes of Maungatapere Mountain and was called "Maungatapere Park". After the Flagstaff War, Walton employed former soldiers to build stone walls which are still a feature of the area. Henry Walton married Kohura, Te Tirarau Kukupa's niece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whangarei District
Whangarei District is a territorial authority district in the Northland Region of New Zealand that is governed by the Whangarei District Council. The district is made up in area largely by rural land, and includes a fifth of the Northland Region. It extends southwards to the southern end of Bream Bay, northwards to Whangaruru and almost to the Bay of Islands, and westwards up the Mangakahia River valley past Pakotai and almost to Waipoua Forest. It includes the Hen and Chicken Islands and the Poor Knights Islands. The principal urban area and district seat is the city of Whangārei. Other towns include Hūkerenui, Hikurangi, Titoki, Portland, Ruakākā and Waipu. The district population was The district contains beaches such as Ngunguru, game fishing at Tutukaka, a variety of beaches along Whangārei Harbour, as well as Matakohe or Limestone Island in the Harbour, now subject to ecological restoration. The main airport for the district is Whangarei Airport. Demographics W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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