Editing Rawene (section)

{{Short description|Place in Northland, New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name             = Rawene
|image_skyline    = Rawene from the water.jpg
|image_alt        = Photograph of Rawene from the water
|image_caption    = Rawene, as viewed from the water
|area_total_km2   = 2.15
|area_footnotes   = <ref name="Area" />
|population_footnotes = {{NZ population data 2018||||y}}
|population_as_of = {{NZ population data 2018|||y}}
|population_total = {{NZ population data 2018|Rawene|y}}
|population_density_km2 = auto
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[New Zealand]]
|subdivision_type1= Region
|subdivision_name1= [[Northland Region]]
|subdivision_type2= District
|subdivision_name2= [[Far North District]]
|subdivision_type3= Ward
|subdivision_name3= Kaikohe/Hokianga
|subdivision_type4= Community
|subdivision_name4= Kaikohe-Hokianga
|subdivision_type5= Subdivision
|subdivision_name5= South Hokianga
|leader_title     = Territorial Authority
|leader_name      = [[Far North District Council]]
|leader_title1    = Regional council
|leader_name1     = [[Northland Regional Council]]
|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|23|46|S|173|30|18|E}}|zoom=9}}
|coordinates      = {{coord|35|23|46|S|173|30|18|E|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Rawene''' is a town on the south side of the [[Hokianga]] harbour, in [[Northland Region|Northland]], New Zealand. [[New Zealand State Highway 12|State Highway 12]] passes to the south.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|isbn=1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|no-pp=true|page=map 22}}</ref> The town lies at the apex of a peninsula. A car ferry links it to [[Kohukohu, New Zealand|Kohukohu]] and the northern Hokianga.<ref name=TeAra>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/Northland/NorthlandPlaces/11/en|title=Hokianga district|encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]}}</ref>