Taurikura is a small, rural township in the Whangarei District, approximately south east of

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and ...

city in Northland, New Zealand.Northland Naturally, Mt Manaia web page
/ref> The town is located on the shores of Calliope Bay at the base of

Mount Manaia Mount Manaia is a dominant landmark approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Whangārei city on the Whangārei Heads peninsula. Standing 420 metres, the summit offers outstanding views of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery, Bream Bay and t ...

which, along with

Bream Head Bream Head is a promontory on the east coast of Northland in the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the end of a 30 kilometre-long peninsula, the head juts into the Pacific Ocean to the southeast of Whangārei. The Hen and Chicken Islands ...

and the Hen Island, collectively form the ancient remnants of a very large

andesitic Andesite () is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between silica-poor basalt and silica-rich rhyolite. It is fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic in texture, and is composed predomina ...

volcano A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...

.Geological Society of New Zealand Annual Conference
2–5 December 2002 Features of Taurikura include a Baptist-owned camp and a general store. The local school, Whangarei Heads School, is the second oldest school in New Zealand still operating on its original site.Whangarei Heads School website
/ref> The town offers a range of views of the

Marsden Point Oil Refinery Marsden Point Oil Refinery is a 96,000 BPD refinery located at Marsden Point, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand. It is the only oil refinery in New Zealand, and is operated by Refining NZ. The point was named after Samuel Marsden. The regional sur ...

located on the opposite shore of

Whangārei Harbour Whangārei Harbour is a large harbour on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The harbour stretches from Whangārei City, and the termination of the Hātea River, south east around the Onerahi peninsula and out to the Pacific Oce ...

. A number of ocean beaches are also a short drive away.

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Whangarei Heads Tourism
Whangarei District Populated places in the Northland Region {{Northland-geo-stub