Kaikohe

Kaikohe is a city in Far North District on the North Island of New Zealand. It is located about 260 km from Auckland on State Highway 12, it is the service center of the district, the largest inland city and the highest village of the Northland region.

At the 2006 census the municipality had 4133 inhabitants. It is as a shopping and service center for a predominantly agricultural region with a catchment area of 28,000 residents of regional importance.

History

The place has its origins in a village of Māori named Opango, which was the cultural center of the Ngapuhi iwi. In the early 19th century a rival Māoristamm raided the village, the survivors eking out an existence in the Kohekohe groves ( Kohekohe is a native tree ) on the Tokareireia ( Kaikohe Hill, today Kaikohe Hill ). After the incident, the place was as Kaikohekohe ( kai means food ) is known, which was later shortened to Kaikohe.

The war chief Hone Heke settled in 1848 after the end of fighting in the town, and died there two years later. His nephew of the same name also lived in Kaikohe, he worked for the Māori of New Zealand North Island Member of Parliament.

In April 1911 by the then Prime Minister Sir Tui Carroll was unveiled at the Kaikohe Hill a monument to him.

A park in the city is dedicated to Rawiri Taiwhanga. He was probably New Zealand's first farmer who has started today economically important commercial dairy industry. In 1934 he was milking a herd of cows and sold butter. In the city there is also a Pioneer Village, a detailed true-to- community in the Northland of the 19th century.

Geography

The city is situated on the slopes of a hill of volcanic origin and is surrounded by numerous ancient fortified villages of the Māori ( Pā ). The country around the town consists of a plane with only a few surveys. To the west of the town of Kaikohe Hill rises 300 meters above the sea level. From here one has a good view over the dunes of the Hokianga Harbour and the farmland east and south of the 625 m high Mount Hikurangi.

In the north of the volcanic ridge Putahi the 5 km is long, but only 2-3 m deep Lake Omapere. About 5 km to the east is the small village Ngawha Springs. Here emerges from the Ngawha - geothermal hot thermal water to the surface. Nearby is the new prison in Northland.

Attractions

Kaikohe is located in the center of the region, in a radius of 50 km there are many sights of the region:

  • Bay of Islands
  • Kauri forests Waipoua Forest, Puketi Forest and Forest Omahuta.
  • Ports Whangaroa harbor and Hokianga harbor
  • Limestone caves Waiomio Caves
  • Historic town of Kerikeri
  • Numerous beaches and secluded bays

Personalities

  • Hone Heke, Warchief, lived temporarily in place
  • David Lange, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, was resident of the city
  • Jim Peters, a former Member of Parliament for New Zealand First, is a resident of the city
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