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Friday 5 June 2015

Ruakaka

Ruakaka is a small township in the north of New Zealand approximately 30 kilometres south of Whangarei in the Bream Bay area.Ruakaka is a small township in the north of New Zealand approximately 30 kilometres south of Whangarei in the Bream Bay area.Ruakaka is a combination of the two words rua and kaka  rua being a Maori word for two and kaka a native parrot.

The area of Ruakaka is located in Bream Bay which was named by Captain Cook during his first voyage to New Zealand when he visited the region on 25 November 1769. It was named due to the ease of capture of 90-100 bream fish soon after anchoring.
Map of ruakaka

2 comments:

Amy Tofa said...

You have found a lot of good information Timote. Question - how far is Ruakaka from Auckland? How long would it take to drive from Auckland to Ruakaka?

Samuel Touré said...

Is Ruakaka more bigger than Auckland

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