Waimahana Bay is a bay and remote rural community in the
Far North District
The Far North District is the northernmost territorial authority district of New Zealand, consisting of the northern part of the Northland Peninsula in the North Island. It stretches from North Cape and Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua in the ...
and
Northland Region of New Zealand's
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...
.
The community is centred around the Waimahana Marae and Te Puhi o Te Waka meeting house,
a tribal meeting ground of the
Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa
Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa are a Maori ''iwi'' (tribe) based at the Whangaroa Harbour harbour area in New Zealand's Northland Region.
The iwi's rohe (tribal area) covers a coastal area from Kaeo and the Whangaroa Harbour in the east, to Oruaiti R ...
hapū
In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally opera ...
of
Ngāti Aukiwa
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...
and the
Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa
Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa are a Maori iwi from the Whangaroa harbour area in Northland, New Zealand.
The iwi's rohe (tribal territory) covers
Two similarly named iwi — Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa — are also loca ...
hapū
In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally opera ...
of
Ngāti Aukiwa
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...
.
Waimahana Bay lies in between two other bays that are equally beautiful, Omatā and Okokori Bay.
References
Far North District
Populated places in the Northland Region
Landforms of the Northland Region
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