Editing Paihia (section)

{{Short description|Town in Northland Region, New Zealand}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{use New Zealand English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Paihia
|image_skyline    = Paihia, Williams Road.jpg
|image_caption    = Williams Road
|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = New Zealand
|subdivision_type1= [[Regions of New Zealand|Region]]
|subdivision_name1= [[Northland Region]]
|subdivision_type2= [[Districts of New Zealand|District]]
|subdivision_name2= [[Far North District]]
|subdivision_type3= Ward
|subdivision_name3= Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Ward
|subdivision_type4= Community
|subdivision_name4= Bay of Islands-Whangaroa
|subdivision_type5= Subdivision
|subdivision_name5= Paihia
|leader_title     = Territorial Authority
|leader_name      = [[Far North District Council]]
|leader_title1    = Regional council
|leader_name1     = [[Northland Regional Council]]
|leader_title2    = [[Mayor of Far North]]
|leader_name2     = {{NZ officeholder data|Far North District Mayor|y}}
|leader_title3    = [[Northland (New Zealand electorate)|Northland MP]]
|leader_name3     = {{NZ officeholder data|Northland MP|y}}
|leader_title4    = [[Te Tai Tokerau|Te Tai Tokerau MP]]
|leader_name4     = {{NZ officeholder data|Te Tai Tokerau MP|y}}
|seat_type        = Electorates
|seat             = {{ubl|[[Northland (New Zealand electorate)|Northland]]|[[Te Tai Tokerau]]}}
|image_map        = {{infobox mapframe|coord={{coord|35|16|56|S|174|5|28|E}}|zoom=12}}
|coordinates      = {{coord|35|16|56|S|174|5|28|E|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}
|area_total_km2   = 2.24
|area_footnotes   = <ref name="Area"/>
|population_total = {{NZ population data 2018|Paihia|y}}
|population_as_of = {{NZ population data 2018|||y}}
|population_footnotes = {{NZ population data 2018||||y}}
|population_density_km2 = auto
|postal_code_type= [[Postcodes in New Zealand|Postcode(s)]]
|postal_code= 0200
}}
[[File:View of Paihia as seen from the ferry 20100301 1.jpg|thumbnail|A view of Paihia from the ferry to Russell]]
'''Paihia''' is a town in the [[Bay of Islands]] in the  Northland Region of the [[North Island]] of New Zealand. It is 60 kilometres north of [[Whangārei]], located close to the historic towns of [[Russell, New Zealand|Russell]] and [[Kerikeri]].  Missionary [[Henry Williams (missionary)|Henry Williams]] named the mission station ''Marsden's Vale''.<ref name="Fitzgerald2004">{{cite book | author=Caroline Fitzgerald | title=Letters from the Bay of Islands| year= 2004 | isbn=0-14-301929-5 | publisher= Penguin Books, New Zealand }}</ref><ref name="Fitzgerald2011">{{cite book | author=Caroline Fitzgerald | title= Te Wiremu - Henry Williams: Early Years in the North|year= 2011|isbn=978-1-86969-439-5| publisher= Huia Press }}</ref> Paihia eventually became the accepted name of the settlement.

Nearby to the north is the historic settlement of [[Waitangi, Northland|Waitangi]], and the residential and commercial area of Haruru Falls is to the west. The port and township of [[Opua]], and the small settlement of [[Te Haumi]], lie to the south.