Towai

Towai

Towai

Place in Northland Region, New Zealand

This article is about the township. For the tree, see Pterophylla sylvicola.

Towai (Māori: Tōwai) is a locality in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand.[1] State Highway 1 passes just to the east. Kawakawa is 16 km northwest, and Whakapara is 17 km southeast.[2][3] The North Auckland Line passes through Towai.[4]

Quick Facts Country, Region ...

Towai Primary School closed in January 2005, with students moving to Maromaku School.[5]

The local hapū is Ngāti Hau of Ngāpuhi.[6] The local Akerama Marae and Huiarau or Ruapekapeka meeting house is a meeting place for the hapū.[7]

Demographics

Towai is in the same SA1 statistical area as Maromaku.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Towai at GEOnet Names Server
  2. [2]
    Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 5. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  3. [3]
    Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 24. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  4. [4]
    Harriss, Gavin (November 2021). Towai, Northland (Map). NZ Topo Map.
  5. [5]
    "Mergers, Closures and New Schools, January 2005 - December 2005" (XLS). Education Counts.
  6. [6]
    "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  7. [7]
    "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  8. [8]
    "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. 7000378.


Stub icon

This Northland Region-related geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Towai, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.