Whangārei

Whangārei is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former... Wikipedia

• Country:  New Zealand
• Region:  Northland
• Territorial authority:  Whangarei District
• Pre 1989:  Whangārei City
• Constituted as town district:  5 June 1882
• Proclaimed borough:  1 October 1896
• Proclaimed city:  21 May 1964
• Merged into Whangarei District:  1 November 1989
• Named for:  Reipae (a Waikato princess)
• NZ Parliament:  Te Tai Tokerau (Māori), Whangārei
• Mayor:  Ken Couper
• MPs:  Mariameno Kapa-Kingi (Te Pāti Māori), Shane Reti (National)
• Time zone:  NZST (UTC+12)
• Summer (DST):  NZDT (UTC+13)
• Postcode:  0110, 0112 (urban)
• Area code(s):  09
• Local iwi:  Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai
• Website:  www.wdc.govt.nz
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo