Riverside (Māori: Ōruku) is a suburb of Whangārei, in Northland Region, New Zealand.

[3] Pohe Island is a 54 square kilometre open space which is adjacent to the mouth of the Hātea River and Whangārei Harbour.

[4] William Mackenzie Fraser, for whom the park is named, was an engineer for Whangarei County from 1907 to 1918, held various positions with the Whangarei Harbour Board from 1920 until 1947, and was a County Council member from 1947 until his death in 1960.

[5] The Riverside statistical area, which includes the neighbouring suburb of Parahaki, covers 3.51 km2 (1.36 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 2,210 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 630 people per km2.

The results were 80.9% European (Pākehā); 29.2% Māori; 4.1% Pasifika; 5.1% Asian; 1.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".