Manaia is a locality on the western side of the

Coromandel Peninsula The Coromandel Peninsula () on the North Island of New Zealand extends north from the western end of the Bay of Plenty, forming a natural barrier protecting the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames in the west from the Pacific Ocean ...

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. It lies to the east of State Highway 25, south of Coromandel and north of Tapu. The Manaia River flows from the Coromandel Range through the area and into the Manaia Harbour to the west. The harbour contains

mussel Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and Freshwater bivalve, freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other ...

farms. The Manaia Forest Sanctuary, inland from Manaia, contains the sixth largest

kauri ''Agathis'', commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is one of three extant genera in the family Araucariaceae, alongside '' Wollemia'' and ''Araucaria'' (being ...

tree in New Zealand. The Sanctuary contains about 410 kauri trees in an area of 101 hectares. The local

iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. ...

are Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Pūkenga.

Education

Manaia School is a Composite School (Year 1–15) with a roll of 124. It has a decile rating of 2. A Manaia School is first mentioned in a

Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

report for 1878.

References

External links

Manaia School website
{{Thames-Coromandel District Thames-Coromandel District Populated places in Waikato Populated places around the Hauraki Gulf