Whanganui Island is the largest of a small group of islands at the entrance to Coromandel harbour in the Hauraki Gulf, off the coast of New Zealand's North Island.
Horokino (Herekino) Pā situated at Arapaoa or Aropawa Bay (Homestead Bay) Whanganui Island
Arapaoa Bay Coromandel Harbour NZ, A sketch (1848?) by J J Merrett
Arapaoa Bay from the house looking out onto the Coromandel Harbour. William Webster's base and John Logan Campbell's home for a period
Sale of Sections at the new town of Coromandel on Whanganui Island beginning 7 August 1862
Coromandel, also called Coromandel Town to distinguish it from the wider district, is a town on the Coromandel Harbour, on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula, which is in the North Island of New Zealand. It is 75 kilometres east of the city of Auckland, although the road between them, which winds around the Firth of Thames and Hauraki Gulf coasts, is 190 km long. The population was 1,930 as of June 2023.
Coromandel town
The name "Coromandel Town" is written on the plan of Whanganui Island.
Panoramic view of the town from a lookout in the Kauri Block