Kaikohe

Kaikohe is a town in the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 approximately 260 km from Auckland. It is the most important inland town and maximum network above sea stage inside the Northland Region. With a populace of just under 4000 human beings it is a purchasing and carrier centre for an intensive farming district and is on occasion referred to as "the hub of the north". The town is situated on a surprisingly level site surrounded specifically with the aid of undulating plains and is close by many former pa websites along with Nga Huha, Pouerua, Te Rua-hoanga, Ngaungau, Kaiaia, Te Tou o Roro, Taka-poruruku, Tapa-huarau, Nga Puke-pango, Maunga-turoto, and Maunga-kawakawa.

On the western edge of city, Kaikohe Hill rises three hundred m above sea level, allowing views of the imposing sand dunes on the Hokianga Harbour to the west, farmlands to the east and south toward Mount Hikurangi. To the north of the Putahi volcanic ridge is Lake Omapere, 5 km in period, however best two to three metres deep. Around five km to the east is the small village of Ngawha Springs, wherein warm water springs upward push to the surface from the Ngawha geothermal field, and where the Northland Region Corrections Facility is situated.