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Piripiri, Manawatū-Whanganui
Piripiri (sometimes called Piri Piri) is a sparsely populated area in the ManawatÅ«-Whanganui region, on State Highway 2 and the Palmerston North–Gisborne line. It is north of Dannevirke, and has 150 people (2018 census) scattered over a meshblock of . Piri means to cling. The MÄori name of a clinging plant, piripiri (Acaena anserinifolia), is Anglicised as bidibid. Other places named Piripiri are - * Piripiri Stream, a tributary of the Pohangina River, on the opposite side of the Ruahine Range from Piripiri, with Piripiri Hut, a free 2-bunk hut, by its headwaters * a small settlement in the Waitomo District, with Mangapohue Natural Bridge and Piripiri Caves nearby * Te Piripiri Stream, a tributary of the Tongariro River * Te Piripiri Bay, Lake Waikaremoana * Piripiri Point, Auckland, on Te Araroa long distance walkway, north of PÅhutukawa Bay * a mountain above Picton in the Robertson Range Piripiri had a cheese factory from at least 1910 to 1935. The local post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of New Zealand
New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions () for local government purposes. Eleven are administered by regional councils (the top tier of local government), and five are administered by unitary authorities, which are territorial authorities (the second tier of local government) that also perform the functions of regional councils. The Chatham Islands Council is not a region but is similar to a unitary authority, authorised under its own legislation. Current regions History and statutory basis The regional councils are listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002, along with reference to the ''Gazette'' notices that established them in 1989. The Act requires regional councils to promote sustainable developmentthe social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of their communities. The current regions and most of their councils came into being through a local government reform in 1989 that took place under the Local Government Act 1974. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangapohue Natural Bridge
The Mangapohue Natural Bridge consists of two rock arches formed by the Mangapohue Stream in the Marokopa River valley near Waitomo, New Zealand. The 17 m high limestone arches are a remnant of an ancient cave system. The smaller lower rock arch spans the Mangapohue Stream and cannot be walked through, while the larger upper arch is situated straight above the lower arch and contains a platform to view the stalactites on the upper arch's ceiling. The arches can be reached by the sealed Te Anga Road from State Highway 3 approximately 25 km west of the Waitomo Caves. From the carpark, the wheelchair-friendly walk takes 5 minutes to reach the natural bridge. The walk leads through a scenic limestone gorge, crossing the stream once on a timber bridge, and ending at a viewing platform below the rock arches. Steps lead to a further viewing platform between the lower and upper arch. A track also continues some 15 minutes further over farmland. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmerston North Railway Station
Palmerston North railway station is a main station on the North Island Main Trunk serving the city of Palmerston North in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. It is the northern terminus of the Capital Connection long distance commuter train to Wellington and was a major stop on the Northern Explorer service between Auckland and Wellington until 2021. A new Palmerston North (regional) intermodal freight hub is proposed by KiwiRail for a site to the north-east of Palmerston North. The plan has been developed with a grant of $40 million from the Provincial Growth Fund, as announced by the minister Shane Jones on 15 November 2018. The freight hub would replace the Tremaine Avenue freight yard, which is to the east of the station and provides mainly for freight to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Milson deviation The original Palmerston North Central railway station was opened on 20 October 1876. Traffic increased with the opening of the line to Napier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KiwiRail
KiwiRail Holdings Limited is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise responsible for rail operations in New Zealand, and operates inter-island ferries. Trading as KiwiRail and headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, KiwiRail is the largest Rail transport in New Zealand, rail transport operator in New Zealand. KiwiRail has business units of KiwiRail Freight, Great Journeys New Zealand and Interislander. KiwiRail released a 10-Year Turn-around Plan in 2010 and has received significant government investment in support of this in an effort to make KiwiRail a viable long-term transport operator. History Background Prior to the establishment of KiwiRail, rail transport in New Zealand has been under both public ownership, public and private ownership, private ownership. Government operators included the Ministry of Works (New Zealand), Public Works Department (1873–1880), New Zealand Railways Department (1880–1982), and the New Zealand Railways Corporation (1982–1990). Tranz Rail, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (commonly known as Waka Kotahi, and abbreviated as NZTA) is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, and administering the New Zealand state highway network. It was created on 1 August 2008 by the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008, merging Transit New Zealand with Land Transport New Zealand. Its legal name, as established by the Act, is New Zealand Transport Agency, but it trades as ''Waka Kotahi'' ''NZ Transport Agency''., superseded by The MÄori part of the name, ''Waka Kotahi'', means "one vessel" and is intended to convey the concept of "travelling together as one". Public data access The Transport Agency stores registration, licensing and warrant of fitness details for any road-registered vehicle within New Zealand, including cars, motorbikes, trailers, trucks and earthmoving or agricultural machinery. Any member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventy Mile Bush
The Seventy Mile Bush was a heavily forested area of New Zealand extending from Wairarapa to Central Hawkes Bay and out to that coast. It was cleared and settled by Scandinavians, assisted immigrants in the 1870s. On arrival they walked from the surrounding coastal settlements ( Wellington, Foxton and Napier) to cut down the forest and clear the land for farming. The land was not as described to them. Without funds for a return passage they were obliged to remain. The area encompasses what are now the towns of Norsewood, Dannevirke, Pahiatua and Eketahuna in the Tararua District and reached right into Hawkes Bay to the outskirts of Takapau and Maraekakaho. Its eastern boundary stretched almost due north–south from just south of Cape Turnagain on the coast to about 40 kilometres due west of Hastings. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crown
The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states). Legally ill-defined, the term has different meanings depending on context. It is used to designate the monarch in either a personal capacity, as Head of the Commonwealth, or as the king or queen of their realms (whereas the monarchy of the United Kingdom and the monarchy of Canada, for example, are distinct although they are in personal union). It can also refer to the rule of law; however, in common parlance 'The Crown' refers to the functions of government and the civil service. Thus, in the United Kingdom (one of the Commonwealth realms), the government of the United Kingdom can be distinguished from the Crown and the state, in precise usage, although the distinction is not always relevant in broad or casual usage. A corporation sole, the Crown is the legal embodiment o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MÄori Land Court
The MÄori Land Court ( MÄori: Te KÅti Whenua MÄori) is the specialist court of record in New Zealand that hears matters relating to MÄori land. MÄori Land Court history The MÄori Land Court was established in 1865 as the Native Land Court of New Zealand under the Native Lands Act. The court was established to facilitate the purchase of MÄori land by the Crown by converting collectively owned MÄori customary land into MÄori freehold land. The Act created the Native Land Court to identify ownership interests in MÄori land and to create individual titles (in place of customary communal title) that were recognisable in English law. Under the Native Lands Act 1865 only ten owners could be listed on land titles issued by the court. As outlined by Williams, "government policy from 1858 onwards ... sought to introduce a rapid individualisation of ancestral MÄori land in order to ensure the availability of most of that land for settlement by Pakeha settlers". A continuat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohe
The MÄori people of New Zealand use the word ''rohe'' to describe the territory or boundaries of ''iwi'' (tribes), although some divide their rohe into several ''takiwÄ''. The areas shown on the map (right) are indicative only, and some iwi areas may overlap. The term ''rohe'' also combines with other words to form more modern terms. These include ''rohe pÅti'', meaning an electoral district or constituency, ''rohe wÄ'', meaning time zone, and ''whatunga rohe paetata'', meaning a local area network. The term ''rohe'' on its own has also been adopted to mean an internet domain. The term is also used for the mission districts (''rohe mihana'') of Te PÄ«hopatanga o Aotearoa, the MÄori Anglican Church in Aotearoa/New Zealand. See also * List of MÄori iwi This is a list of iwi (New Zealand MÄori tribes). List of iwi This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapÅ« (sub-tribes) of larger iwi. Moriori are included on this li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NgÄti Raukawa
NgÄti Raukawa is a MÄori iwi with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupo and Manawatu/Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 MÄori registered their affiliation with NgÄti Raukawa. History Early history NgÄti Raukawa recognise Raukawa, son of TÅ«rongo and MÄhina-o-rangi, as their eponymous ancestor, who was descended from the settlers of the ''Tainui'' canoe. One of his descendants was Maniapoto, ancestor of the NgÄti Maniapoto iwi. Ngati Raukawa established their ancestral homeland in the Waikato region. In the mid-17th century, the NgÄti Raukawa ''rangatira'' WhÄita, Tama-te-hura, and Wairangi conquered the section of the upper Waikato river between PutÄruru and Ä€tiamuri in the NgÄti Raukawa–NgÄti Kahu-pungapunga War. After this war, Wairangi settled the area south of Whakamaru and his descendants, the NgÄti Wairangi, now share MÅkai marae with a number of other hapu. WhÄita took the section furthest up the river, around PÅhatu-roa an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picton, New Zealand
Picton ( mi, Waitohi) is a town in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town is located near the head of the Queen Charlotte Sound / TÅtaranui, north of Blenheim and west of Wellington. Waikawa lies just north-east of Picton and is considered to be a contiguous part of the Picton urban area. Picton is a major hub in New Zealand's transport network, connecting the South Island road and rail network with ferries across Cook Strait to Wellington and the North Island. The Picton urban area has a population of making it the second-largest town in the Marlborough Region behind Blenheim. It is the easternmost town in the South Island with a population of at least 1,000 people. Toponymy The town is named after Sir Thomas Picton, the Welsh military associate of the Duke of Wellington, who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. Thomas Picton's connection to the slave trade and controversial governorship of Trinidad has resulted in calls for places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pohutukawa Bay
Pohutukawa Bay is a beach north of Long Bay, located on the North Shore of Auckland. It is situated northeast of Okura, close to Piripiri Point. Directly south of Pohutukawa Bay Beach is Granny's Bay Beach, and a little further south is Long Bay Regional Park. The beach is accessible only at low tide, and it is among one of Auckland's most popular naturist beaches. Public nudity is technically legal on any New Zealand beach where it is "known to occur". Getting to the beach requires going through the coastal track, a walk that starts from the beach carparks, and ends at the Okura River The Okura River, also known as the Okura Estuary, is a river in the north of the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. The river rises in the low hills to the south of Silverdale and flows into Karepiro Bay on the Hauraki Gulf. The .... References Naturism in New Zealand Nude beaches Beaches of the Auckland Region {{Auckland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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