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Waikanae | |
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Medium urban area | |
 Kapiti Island seen from Waikanae Beach | |
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| Coordinates: 40°52′30″S 175°03′50″E / 40.87500°S 175.06389°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Wellington Region |
| Territorial authority | Kāpiti Coast District |
| Ward | Waikanae Ward |
| Community | Waikanae Community |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Kāpiti Coast District Council |
| • Regional council | Greater Wellington Regional Council |
| • Kāpiti Coast Mayor | Janet Holborow |
| • Ōtaki MP | Tim Costley |
| • Te Tai Hauāuru MP | Debbie Ngarewa-Packer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.59 km2 (7.56 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 13,150 |
| • Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Waikanae (English: /ˌwaɪkəˈnaɪ/, Māori pronunciation: [ˈwaikaˈnaɛ]) is a town on the Kāpiti Coast, 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of the Wellington. The name is a Māori word meaning "waters" (wai) "of the grey mullet".[3]
The town lies eight kilometres northeast of Paraparaumu, and 15 kilometres southeast of Ōtaki. It contains Waikanae railway station, the northernmost station to which the Metlink trains from Wellington railway station in Central Wellington travel.
(There is another beach named "Waikanae Beach" in the town of Gisborne, on the other side of the North Island.)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
- ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.