Whakapara is a village and rural community in the Whangarei District, six kilometres north of Hikurangi, twenty-two kilometres north of central Whangārei, and eight kilometres south-east of Hūkerenui, in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. State Highway 1 and the North Auckland railway line run through Whakapara.
The village includes the Whakapara Marae and Te Ihi o Nehua meeting house, a meeting place of the Ngāpuhi hapū of Ngāti Hao and Ngāti Hau.
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1902 Foote Brothers sawmill 1904 felling a kauri tree 1962 river in flood 1972 railway station and post office