Awanui is a river port located 7 km north of Kaitaia, New Zealand. It lies at the south of the Aupouri Peninsula of the Northland Region. The Awanui River flows north to Rangaunu Bay. In the 1920s, kauri timber and gum from Kaitaia moved to the coast through Awanui.
The traditional name of the location of Awanui, was Kaiwaka. Awanui proper refers to the River at Kaiwaka http://tamarikimaori.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/charlie-hayward-awanui-born-1919.html line 2. The Tangata Whenua of the locality are represented by two neighbouring Marae. Mahimaru Marae is the first, and is on State Highway 10 - the people there are Ngai Takoto. The second is a little further along State Highway 10 and is Kareponia Marae. They are the Patukoraha hapu o Ngati Kahu Iwi http://www.maorimaps.com.
State Highway 1 and 10 intersect at Awanui. Waiharara is 16 km to the north west, Kaingaroa is about 6 km to the north east, and Kaitaia is 8 km to the south.
The population was 351 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of 18 from 2001.
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