Waimahana Bay is a bay and remote rural community in the
Far North District
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and
Northland Region
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of New Zealand's
North Island
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.
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 Māori ''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 Oruai ...
hapū
In Māori language, 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 ...
of
Ngāti Aukiwa
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.
...
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 lo ...
hapū
In Māori language, 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 ...
of
Ngāti Aukiwa
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.
...
.
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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