Karikari Peninsula

Karikari Peninsula

Rangaunu harbour and Rangiputa settlement

Karikari Peninsula is a rocky land mass, originally an island,^[1] which is joined to the Aupouri Peninsula in Northland, New Zealand by a low sandy strip about 13 km long.^[2] Rangaunu Bay is to the west and Doubtless Bay is to the southeast. The Moturoa Islands are to the northwest. Rangaunu Harbour and Tokerau Beach are on the west and east sides of the strip.^[3][4]

The local iwi are Ngāti Kahu.^[5] In Māori mythology, the waka Waipapa, captained by Kaiwhetu and Wairere, made its first landing in New Zealand at Karikari.^[6]

Grapes are grown on the northern side of Karikari.^[1]

The largest settlement is Whatuwhiwhi, on the south side of the peninsula. Matai Bay on the northeast coast and Rangiputa on the west coast are popular tourist destinations.^[7] Coordinates: 34°51′0″S 173°25′0″E / 34.85°S 173.416667°E / -34.85; 173.416667

Notes

Matai Bay

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mangonui and district". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/Northland/NorthlandPlaces/3/en. 
2. ^ Parkes, W. F. (c.1965). The Visitors' Guide to the Far North - Mangonui County (3rd edition ed.). pp. p.26. 
3. ^ Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 3. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8. 
4. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 17. ISBN 1-877333-20-4. 
5. ^ "Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Te Pātū and Ngāti Kahu". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/MuriwhenuaTribes/2/en. 
6. ^ "Canoe traditions - Other northern canoes". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/CanoeTraditions/3/en. 
7. ^ "All about the Doubtless Bay area". Doubtless Bay Promotion Inc. http://www.doubtlessbay.co.nz/area.htm.