Ōmāpere is a settlement on the south shore of Hokianga Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 12 runs through Ōmāpere. Opononi is on the shore to the north of Ōmāpere.
View of the Hokianga Harbour mouth from State Highway 12 above Ōmāpere
The Hokianga is an area surrounding the Hokianga Harbour, also known as the Hokianga River, a long estuarine drowned valley on the west coast in the north of the North Island of New Zealand.
Image of the Hokianga generated by NASA's World Wind program
Motukiore Island - where Kupe placed the Kiore on his arrival
Mouth of the Hokianga Harbour, with the Tasman Sea to the left and Hokianga Harbour to the right
Hokianga Harbour from Rawene