Northland, New Zealand · Oceania
Onerahi sits on the route: 10 minutes from Whangarei, 59km from Bay of Islands.
Onerahi is in Northland, New Zealand, with about 6,600 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Whangarei, about 5 km away.
Onerahi is a harbourside suburb of Whangārei, New Zealand's northernmost city. It is the city's only seaside suburb. It is 9 km south-east of the centre of Whangārei and is mostly a peninsula jutting into Whangārei Harbour, which connects to the Pacific Ocean. The area was called Kaiwaka Point until Europeans boughtRead more
it in the mid-1860s and renamed it Grahamtown. In 1912 it was renamed Onerahi.
The suburb's main feature is Whangārei Airport, located on the large flat area at the southern end of the suburb, which was built up using material from the site of a former Māori pā (fortress) just to the north. There are two concentric roads around the seaward plateau; the upper one surrounds the airport, and the lower follows the coast. The suburb is connected to Whangārei via the Onerahi Causeway.
Close to the suburb in the harbour is Motu Matakohe or Limestone Island, now being managed to restore its ecosystems. Public transport in Onerahi solely consists of bus services, the suburb is serviced by Citylink route 2 bus via Riverside Drive to Whangārei City.
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Within an hour or so of Onerahi: Hundertwasser Toilets (51 km), Bay of Islands (59 km).
Onerahi is in Northland, New Zealand, about 5 km from Whangarei.
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Public lavatories in Kawakawa designed by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser in 1999, built from recycled bottles and bricks with undulating floors, grass on the roof and no straight lines.
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Subtropical paradise of 144 islands with turquoise waters, historic Waitangi Treaty Grounds, and world-class game fishing.
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