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Maungatapere
Maungatapere is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 14 runs through it. Whangarei is 11 km to the east, and Tangiteroria is 18 km to the south west. A Mountain called Maungatapere (meaning meeting house by the mountain) with a summit 359 m above sea level is southwest of the settlement.
The population was 1278 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 225 from 2001.