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2 unusual facts about Whangarei


RMS Niagara

Once Claymore had been restored to working order, the salvage team based themselves out of Whangarei and began operations on 15 December 1940.

Whangarei

Pompallier Catholic College (opened in 1971) is a Catholic state integrated co-educational secondary school (years 7 to 13) with a roll of 560 and a decile ranking of 7, located in the suburb of Maunu.


2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington and Whangarei are the 7 cities chosen to host the competition.

Fly My Sky

Scheduled services were developed to provide several flights a day between Auckland International Airport, Whangarei and Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf in 1998.

Kaiwaka

The Great North Road from Auckland to Whangarei passed through Kaiwaka, but was only a line on a map for much of the 19th century.

Kia kaha

Numerous schools use Kia kaha as, or as part of, their mottoes, including Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay (Whakatangata kia kaha); Tikipunga High School, Whangarei (Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui); Golden Bay High School, Takaka (Ake ake kia kaha); Rotorua Intermediate School, Rotorua (Kia kaha, kia maia); and Rosehill Intermediate School, Papakura (Whaia kia kaha) and Te Awamutu Te Awamutu College and Kingwood Park High school (Kia Kaha).

Manaia

Mount Manaia is a landmark on the Whangarei Heads, Northland, New Zealand

Marsden Bay

Marsden Bay, New Zealand, a bay at the entrance to Whangarei Harbour in New Zealand

Mighty River Power

The company owns and operates the hydroelectric generating stations on the Waikato River as well as geothermal plants in the Taupo area, the gas fired (combined cycle) Southdown plant in south Auckland and the largely unused plant (Marsden A and Marsden B) at Marsden Point near Whangarei.

Motu Matakohe

Motu Matakohe, also known as Matakohe or Limestone Island, is a 37 ha (100 acre) island in the upper reaches of Whangarei Harbour, just off Onerahi, a seaside suburb of the city of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

Mount Albert by-election, 2009

Former UN Deputy Special Representative and 2002 candidate for Whangarei David Shearer won the Labour nomination from a field of eight candidates including lawyer Helen White and Auckland City councillor Glenda Fryer.

New Zealand general election, 1981

In Selwyn, Ruth Richardson successfully challenged the re-nomination of incumbent Colin McLachlan, and in Whangarei, John Banks successfully challenged the re-nomination of incumbent John Elliott.

Northland Express

The railcars reduced the journey time between Auckland and Whangarei to 4 hours and 10 minutes, but mechanical faults with the railcars and the 1959 opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge meant that the railcars did not have a long future.

Pompallier Catholic College

Pompallier Catholic College is a Catholic co-educational Secondary college located in the suburb of Maunu in Whangarei, New Zealand.

Tania Roxborogh

They finally settled in Titoki, west of Whangarei where Tania and her siblings attended Mangakahia Area School.


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