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Papatawa
Papatawa is a rural community in the Tararua District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located six kilometres north-east of Woodville, on both sides of State Highway 2. The area has no shops, and locals use Palmerston North, Pahiatua and Dannevirke as service centres. History 19th century European settlement of the area began in 1878, OCLC: 154651459. when an area of forest called the Victoria Block was cleared and subdivided into 36 farming sections. The name of the post office was changed from Victoria to Papatawa in 1896. The Manga-atua School house opened in the area 1887, with a roll of the 18 pupils increasing to 22 within the first day. The school changed its name to Papatawa School in 1905, and it eventually gained an extra classroom. 20th century In 1910 John A. Millar, the Minister of Railways in the Ward Ministry, denied a request for a railway loading bank at Papatawa, citing a lack of funds. By the 1930s, the area had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dannevirke
Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is) is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is the main centre of the Tararua District. The surrounding area, a catchment and source of the Manawatū River (approximately 20 Min drive north of town) has developed into dairy, beef cattle and sheep farming, which now provides the major income for the town's population of . History Before European settlers arrived in the 1870s, the line of descent for Māori in the area was from the Kurahaupō waka. The tribe of the area is Rangitāne, with geographic distinction to Te Rangiwhakaewa in the immediate Dannevirke region. The first known 'Aotea' meeting house was established approximately 15 generations ago (from 2010) followed by the building of a marae at Makirikiri near Dannevirke at about the same time as the first Nordic settlers arrived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharahara
Maharahara is the name of a hill in the Ruahine Range and of two small hamlets (Maharahara and Maharahara West), some to the south. The hamlets are south of Dannevirke, in the Manawatū River valley, of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The area is in a corridor used for transport and power transmission. Maharahara is about north of Waiaruhe, which is on State Highway 2 (New Zealand), State Highway 2 and, until 1975, had Maharahara railway station on the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line#Palmerston North - Napier section, Palmerston North–Napier-Gisborne line. A Overhead power line#History, 110kV transmission line runs through Maharahara. Electricity was first switched on in Maharahara in 1925. The First Gas pipeline between Feilding and Takapau runs to the north of Maharahara and opened on 30 September 1983. Maharahara translates as anxious, or to remember someone’s faults. History Maharahara was a block, bought by the government from Rangitāne#Rangitāne in Manawatū, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
