Tikitiki
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Tikitiki, formerly known as Kahukura, is a small township close to the estuary of the Waiapu River
, 150 kilometres north of Gisborne
in northeastern New Zealand
. State Highway 35 passes through it, and the settlement is the easternmost point on the New Zealand highway network.
Waiapu River
The Waiapu River is a 90-kilometre long river of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Flowing from the Raukumara Range, it passes through Ruatoria before reaching the Pacific Ocean at Rangitukia...
, 150 kilometres north of Gisborne
Gisborne, New Zealand
-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...
in northeastern New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. State Highway 35 passes through it, and the settlement is the easternmost point on the New Zealand highway network.