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___MASK43___ ( alt . ) is the northernmost city in ___MASK47___ and the regional capital ___MASK6___ Northland Region . It is part ___MASK6___ the ___MASK43___ District , a local body created in 1989 to administer both the city proper and its hinterland from the former ___MASK43___ City , ___MASK43___ County and Hikurangi Town councils . The city population was estimated to be up from 47 , 000 in 2001 . The wider ___MASK43___ area had an estimated population ___MASK6___ 85 , 900 in 2015 . Waipu is a small town in Bream Bay , in the ___MASK86___ ___MASK6___ New Zealand , with a Scottish heritage . The population was 1 , 491 in the 2006 Census , an increase ___MASK6___ 222 from 2001 . A highlight ___MASK6___ the town ' s calendar is the annual Highland Games held at New Year . Just outside the town are the Waipu Caves , which contain a significant population ___MASK6___ glow worms . New Year is the ___MASK51___ at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar ' s year count increments by one . Kaiwaka " the little town ___MASK6___ lights " is a settlement in Northland , New Zealand . The Kaiwaka River runs from the east through the area and joins with the Wairau River to form the Otamatea River , which drains into the Kaipara Harbour . State Highway 1 passes through Kaiwaka . Wellsford is 20 km south , Brynderwyn is 8 km north and Whangarei the closest city , being 60 km ( 45 minutes drive ) north . The Mangawhai Heads are 18 km north east . Wellsford is a town on the Northland Peninsula in the ___MASK72___ North Island of New Zealand . It is the northernmost major settlement in the Auckland Region , and is 77 kilometres northwest of the Auckland CBD . Mangawhai is a locality in Northland , ___MASK47___ around the Mangawhai Harbour . The township ___MASK6___ Mangawhai is at the south west extent ___MASK6___ the harbour , and the township ___MASK6___ Mangawhai Heads is 5 km north east . Kaiwaka is 13 km south west , and Waipu is 20 km north west ___MASK6___ Mangawhai Heads . The population for the Mangawhai statistical district was 1329 in the 2013 Census , an increase ___MASK6___ 411 from 2006 . The statistical district covers a significantly larger area than the township . The population for Mangawhai Heads was 1086 in 2013 , up 234 from 2006 . Kaipara Harbour is a large enclosed harbour estuary complex on the ___MASK22___ western side ___MASK6___ the North Island ___MASK6___ New Zealand . The ___MASK72___ part ___MASK6___ the harbour is administered by the ___MASK3___ and the southern part is administered by the Auckland Council . The local Mori tribe is Ngti Whtua . Bream Bay is a locality and bay on the ___MASK23___ coast ___MASK6___ New Zealand . Captain James Cook named this area to include the bay itself , but also some surrounding locations , stretching north to Whangarei and south to Mangawhai . However , ' Bream Bay ' is loosely used as a collaboration ___MASK6___ the three major towns that satellite the main metropolitan area which are Ruakaka , One Tree Point and Waipu . The physical bay itself geographically spreads from the mouth ___MASK6___ Whangarei Harbour ( Bream Head ), 22 kilometers south , to the southernmost point ___MASK6___ Waipu Cove ( Bream Tail ). The area also inhabits 3 native reserve islands , located just off the coast ___MASK6___ Bream Bay : the Hen and Chickens Islands and Sail Rock Island . The ___MASK86___ ( Mori : " Te Tai Tokerau ", also " Te Hiku - o - te - Ika ", " the Tail ___MASK6___ the Fish " ( ___MASK6___ Maui )) is the northernmost ___MASK6___ New Zealand ' s 16 local government regions . New Zealanders often call it the ___MASK37___ , or , because ___MASK6___ its mild climate , the Winterless North . The main population centre is the city ___MASK6___ Whangarei and the largest town is Kerikeri .