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Aranga Beach, Northland, New Zealand
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The small settlement of Aranga Beach lying at the northern end of Ripiro Beach.
Aranga was a centre of the kauri gum industry from 1887 until the late 1940s, one of the last gum extraction areas in New Zealand. A flax mill operated at Aranga from 1890 to 1900.
The local Waikarā Marae is a traditional meeting ground for the Te Roroa. It features the meeting house, Te Uaua.
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