Whakapara is a village and rural community in the Whangarei District, six kilometres north of Hikurangi, twenty-two kilometres north of central Whangārei, and eight kilometres south-east of Hūkerenui, in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island.[1] State Highway 1 and the North Auckland railway line run through Whakapara.
The village includes the Whakapara Marae and Te Ihi o Nehua meeting house,[2] a meeting place of the Ngāpuhi hapūofNgāti Hao and Ngāti Hau.[3]
35°32′52″S 174°16′40″E / 35.547815°S 174.277798°E / -35.547815; 174.277798
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