# Whangārei Falls

- **Type:** Plunge
- **Height:** 26 m
- **Caption:** Whangārei Falls summer 2020
- **Elevation:** 60 m
- **Watercourse:** Hātea River
- **Number Drops:** 1

The falls were originally known as Otuihau, and have been a common picnic spot since at least the 1890s. In the 1920s, the land was bought by Archibald Clapham, who donated around four hundred clocks to a clock museum that became Clapham's Clocks. He bought the land to prevent commercial exploitation of the falls. The Whangarei Businessmen's Association raised funds in 1946 to buy the land on behalf of the citizens of Whangārei and turned it into a public park.

![Photo of Whangārei Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Whangarei_Water_Fall.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whangārei_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)