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Kerikeri (Māori: [kɛɾikɛɾi]) [3] is the second largest settlement in Northland, New Zealand. It is a tourist destination 240 kilometres (150 mi) north of Auckland and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Northland's only city, Whangārei .
The airstrip was used as a promotional tool to sell properties in the new beach side development from 1968, when the first sections were put up for sale, through to the mid 70s. Each enquiring customer was given a voucher to view Pauanui from the air. This voucher was covertly marked with an A, B, or C.
Kerikeri Inlet is a settlement on the south side of the inlet of the same name in the Far North District of New Zealand.It is 10 km west of Kerikeri by road. [3]A private developer built a boat ramp and jetty at Windsor Point around 2000, but subsequently abandoned them.
Kerikeri Airport is used by light aircraft arriving or departing from New Zealand. Norfolk Island Airport is 903 km (488 nautical miles) north-west of Kerikeri, 754 km (407 nautical miles) to Nouméa in New Caledonia, or 900 km (486 nautical miles) to Lord Howe Island which can be used as a stepping stone to the Australian mainland.
The Stone Store at Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands is New Zealand's oldest surviving stone building.. Part of the second Church Missionary Society station in New Zealand, the store was designed by John Hobbs to replace an earlier wooden storehouse.
In the 19th century people of the Misau emirate often raided the Kerikeri country. The Misau Emir Amadu (1834–1848) captured the capital, Potiskum. Usuman (1848–1861) and Sale (1861–1885) also raided the Kerikeri. [3] In 1901 the Potiskum Emirate became part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate. [2]
Kemp was a catechist, school teacher and blacksmith at Kerikeri; he was the keeper of the mission stores at the Kerikeri mission and lived at Mission House. [11] [27] The Rev. Thomas Kendall and his wife Jane arrived on the Active on 22 December 1814. He was dismissed from the CMS in August 1822. [11]
Mission House is situated where the Kerikeri River (right) meets the Kerikeri Inlet (Pacific Ocean). The old stone store bridge was located for decades where the ford can be seen, but was removed late in 2008.