Pakowhai
Pakowhai | |
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Settlement | |
Interactive map of Pakowhai | |
| Coordinates: 39°34′53″S 176°52′01″E / 39.581280°S 176.866974°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Hawke's Bay Region |
| Territorial authority | Hastings District |
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| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Hastings District Council |
| • Regional council | Hawke's Bay Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Hastings | Wendy Schollum |
| • Tukituki MP | Catherine Wedd |
| • Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.90 km2 (8.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 Census) | |
• Total | 222 |
| • Density | 9.69/km2 (25.1/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 4183 |
Pakowhai is a small settlement in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is a located between Napier and Hastings, north of the Ngaruroro River.
Mission Estate Winery established its first vineyard in Hawke's Bay at Pakowhai in 1851.
The Pakowhai Regional Park is located on the river's south bank. It is a country park, with dog-walking areas and agility features. It hosts community planting days, and attracts kākā from inland mountains.
A new petrol station was controversially proposed for the area in 2019.
Pakowhai was inundated by flooding during Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023 after the Ngaruroro River burst its banks. Dozen of houses were destroyed.