Opua
in Far North District of Northland, New Zealand
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Kerikeri Airport (12 mi) - Kaikohe Airport (19 mi)
- Whangarei Airport (34 mi)
- Dargaville Aerodrome (45 mi)
- Kaitaia Airport (50 mi)
- Great Barrier Aerodrome (99 mi)
- Waiheke Reeve Airport (116 mi)
- Auckland International Airport (123 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -35.317 and 174.117 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -35° 19' 0" and E 174° 7' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - NZD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Maori
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 02:09 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
- UTC/GMT offset: 12 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:55 am and 5:47 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 35.342 and -5.879 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Douar Lehrach - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to New Zealand.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning New Zealand. Last Update: 2024-04-24 08:14:40
Discover Opua
Opua in Far North District (Northland) with it's 360 citizens is a town in New Zealand about 414 mi (or 666 km) north of Wellington, the country's capital city.
Current time in Opua is now 02:09 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Auckland with an UTC offset of 12 hours. We know of 8 airports near Opua, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in New Zealand is Kerikeri Airport in a distance of 12 mi (or 20 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Whangarei, Kaitaia, Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 67 °F
| Morning Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
| Night Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 59% |
| Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (3 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
21°C (69 °F)
15°C (58 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
17°C (63 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
18°C (64 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Cliff Edge by the Sea
The Waterfront Suites – Heritage Boutique Collection
KINGSGATE HOTEL AUTOLODGE PAIHIA
Dolphin Motel
Orongo Bay Homestead
Edgewater Palms
YHA Bay of Islands Paihia
Admiral's View Lodge
SCENIC HOTEL BAY OF ISLANDS
A Tranquil Place
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Paihia
Paihia is the main tourist town in the Bay of Islands in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the historic towns of Russell, and Kerikeri, 60 kilometres north of Whangarei. The origin of the name Paihia is obscure. One, possibly apocryphal, attribution is to Reverend Henry Williams. When Williams first arrived in the Bay of Islands he knew only a little of the Māori vocabulary, one of the words he did know being ‘pai’ meaning 'good'.
Te Haumi
Te Haumi is a settlement south-east of Paihia and north-west of Opua in the Bay of Islands area of Northland Region, New Zealand.
Te Haumi River
Haumi River is a river of the Northland Region of New Zealand. It flows into the Bay of Islands south of Paihia.
Okiato
Okiato or Old Russell is a small holiday spot in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, seven km south of present-day Russell. It was New Zealand's first national capital, for a short time from 1840 to 1841, before the seat of government was moved to Auckland. The car ferry across the Bay of Islands, the main tourist access to Russell, runs between Okiato and Opua.
Opua
Opua is a locality in the Bay of Islands, in the sub-tropical Northland Region of New Zealand. It is notable as the first port for overseas yachts arriving in the country after crossing the Pacific Ocean. In the original 1870s plans for the town, it was named Newport. The town of Paihia is nearby, and the small settlement of Te Haumi is in between. The population of Opua West and Opua East combined was 612 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 60 from 2001.
R. Tucker Thompson
The R. Tucker Thompson is a gaff rigged tops’l schooner based in Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. She is operated as a non-for profit charitable trust and owned by the R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust. The mission of the trust is “Learning for Life through the Sea”. The ship is used for tourism day sails in the Bay of Islands from October through April and for sail training activities between May and September.
Kawakawa River
The Kawakawa River is a river of the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows predominantly east, its estuary forming part of the Veronica Channel at the southern end of the Bay of Islands.
Whangae River
The Whangae River is a river of the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows generally northeast to reach a southwestern arm of the Bay of Islands.