New Zealand - Northland - Ruakaka Primary School - 1987 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Ruakākā - Ruakākā is a small town in the north of New Zealand approximately 30 kilometres south of Whangārei in the Bream Bay area - Originally a small beachside community, Ruakākā has seen development due to its proximity to the expansion of the country's only oil refinery at Marsden Point during the 1980s - The name Ruakākā comes from the Māori term rua kākā, which means the nesting hole of the kākā (Nestor meridionalis), a native parrot that nests in cavities in hollow trees. - The name of the locality was usually spelled "Ruakaka", without macrons, until the official name was changed in 2019