Whenuakura
Whenuakura | |
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Whenuakura Marae | |
Interactive map of Whenuakura | |
| Coordinates: 39°44′8″S 174°31′23″E / 39.73556°S 174.52306°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Taranaki |
| District | South Taranaki District |
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| Community | Pātea Community |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | South Taranaki District Council |
| • Regional council | Taranaki Regional Council |
| • Mayor of South Taranaki | Phil Nixon |
| • Whanganui MP | Carl Bates |
| • Te Tai Hauāuru MP | Debbie Ngarewa-Packer |
| Area | |
• Total | 49.98 km2 (19.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 census) | |
• Total | 192 |
| • Density | 3.84/km2 (9.95/sq mi) |
Whenuakura is a farming community on State Highway 3 east of Pātea, at the southern end of Taranaki on the North Island of New Zealand. The boundary between the Taranaki and Wellington provinces runs through Whenuakura. There is the Whenuakura Primary School and Whenuakura Hall. Whenuakura is also bounded by the Pātea and Whenuakura rivers.
The New Zealand golfer Michael Campbell, winner of the 2005 US Open, descends from these iwi. He spent his early childhood at Whenuakura and learned to play golf at the Patea Golf Club about 8 km to the west.