Opape
Opape | |
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Locality | |
Interactive map of Opape | |
| Coordinates: 37°58′34″S 177°25′23″E / 37.976°S 177.423°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Bay of Plenty |
| Territorial authority | Ōpōtiki District |
| Ward | Waioeka-Waiōtahe-Otara Ward |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial authority | Ōpōtiki District Council |
| • Regional council | Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Ōpōtiki | David Moore |
| • East Coast MP | Dana Kirkpatrick |
| • Waiariki MP | Rawiri Waititi |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.74 km2 (5.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 Census) | |
• Total | 243 |
| • Density | 17.7/km2 (45.8/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 3197 |
Opape is a small coastal settlement in the Ōpōtiki District of the Bay of Plenty Region on New Zealand's North Island. It is 2 km (1.2 mi) east of Omarumutu
Opape is the eastern end of the traditional territory of the Whakatōhea Māori iwi. When most of Whakatōhea's land was confiscated by the Crown in the 1860s, most of the iwi was crowded into the 20,300-acre Ōpape Native Reserve, which included coastal Opape and inland hills.