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Karikari Peninsula is a rocky land mass, originally an island, which is joined to the Aupouri Peninsula
Aupouri Peninsula

The Aupouri Peninsula is a tombolo at the northern tip of the North Island of New Zealand. It projects between the Tasman Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east....
 in Northland
Northland Region

The Northland Region , one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, is, as the name suggests, the northernmost of New Zealand's administrative regions....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 by a low sandy strip about 13 km long. Rangaunu Bay is to the west and Doubtless Bay is to the southeast. The Moturoa Islands are to the northwest. Rangaunu Harbour and Tokerau Beach are on the west and east sides of the strip.

The local iwi are Ngati Kahu
Ngati Kahu

Ngati Kahu is a Maori iwi of Northland Region, New Zealand. Ngati Kahu link their ancestry back to the Waka Tinana. The captain of Tinana was Tumoana who's son was Kahutianui-o-te-rangi....
. In Maori
Maori

The Maori are the indigenous people Polynesian people of Aotearoa . The group probably arrived in south-western Polynesia in several waves at some time before 1300....
 mythology, the waka
Waka (canoe)

In the Maori language and New Zealand English, waka are Maori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes used for fishing and river travel, to large decorated war canoes up to long....
 Waipapa
List of Maori waka

Below is a list of Maori Waka . Many carried Polynesian migrants and explorers from Hawaiki to New Zealand; others brought supplies or made return journeys to Hawaiki; Te Ririno was actually lost at sea....
, captained by Kaiwhetu and Wairere, made its first landing
Maori migration canoes

Various Maori mythology recount how their ancestors set out from a mythical homeland in great ocean-going canoes . Some of these traditions name the homeland as Hawaiki....
 in New Zealand at Karikari.

Grapes are grown on the northern side of Karikari.

The largest settlement is Whatuwhiwhi
Whatuwhiwhi

Whatuwhiwhi is a settlement at the northern end of Tokerau Beach, on the Karikari Peninsula of Northland Region, New Zealand. To the south is Doubtless Bay....
, on the south side of the peninsula.






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Karikari Peninsula is a rocky land mass, originally an island, which is joined to the Aupouri Peninsula
Aupouri Peninsula

The Aupouri Peninsula is a tombolo at the northern tip of the North Island of New Zealand. It projects between the Tasman Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east....
 in Northland
Northland Region

The Northland Region , one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, is, as the name suggests, the northernmost of New Zealand's administrative regions....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 by a low sandy strip about 13 km long. Rangaunu Bay is to the west and Doubtless Bay is to the southeast. The Moturoa Islands are to the northwest. Rangaunu Harbour and Tokerau Beach are on the west and east sides of the strip.

The local iwi are Ngati Kahu
Ngati Kahu

Ngati Kahu is a Maori iwi of Northland Region, New Zealand. Ngati Kahu link their ancestry back to the Waka Tinana. The captain of Tinana was Tumoana who's son was Kahutianui-o-te-rangi....
. In Maori
Maori

The Maori are the indigenous people Polynesian people of Aotearoa . The group probably arrived in south-western Polynesia in several waves at some time before 1300....
 mythology, the waka
Waka (canoe)

In the Maori language and New Zealand English, waka are Maori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes used for fishing and river travel, to large decorated war canoes up to long....
 Waipapa
List of Maori waka

Below is a list of Maori Waka . Many carried Polynesian migrants and explorers from Hawaiki to New Zealand; others brought supplies or made return journeys to Hawaiki; Te Ririno was actually lost at sea....
, captained by Kaiwhetu and Wairere, made its first landing
Maori migration canoes

Various Maori mythology recount how their ancestors set out from a mythical homeland in great ocean-going canoes . Some of these traditions name the homeland as Hawaiki....
 in New Zealand at Karikari.

Grapes are grown on the northern side of Karikari.

The largest settlement is Whatuwhiwhi
Whatuwhiwhi

Whatuwhiwhi is a settlement at the northern end of Tokerau Beach, on the Karikari Peninsula of Northland Region, New Zealand. To the south is Doubtless Bay....
, on the south side of the peninsula. Matai Bay on the northeast coast and Rangiputa on the west coast are popular tourist destinations.