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Karioi
Karioi or Mount Karioi is a 2.4 million year old extinct stratovolcano SW of Raglan in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It was the earliest of the line of 6 calcalkalic volcanoes, the largest of which is Mount Pirongia (the others are at Kakepuku, Te Kawa, Tokanui, Waikeria and probably Puketotara). Karioi forms a background to many parts of Raglan. Karioi was also a Highway Board area around the maunga from 1870 to 1889, when it was absorbed (with Whaingaroa Board area and formed into Karioi Riding) into Raglan County Council. In 1876 it had a population of 112 in 27 houses and in 1889 119 ratepayers, 80 of them absentees. Karioi is also a location on the Central Plateau (see article on Karioi railway station). History and culture Pre-European history Many iwi whakapapa back to Karioi, which features in several Māori legends. One says that, a long time ago, Karewa was the husband of Karioi, but he flirted with her sister, Pirongia, and was cast into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raglan, New Zealand
Raglan is a small beachside town located 48 km west of Hamilton, New Zealand on State Highway 23. It is known for its surfing, and volcanic black sand beaches. History The Ngāti Māhanga iwi occupied the area around Raglan in the late 18th century. There are at least 81 archaeological sites in the area, mainly near the coast. Limited radiocarbon dating puts the earliest sites at about 1400AD. The Māori people named the site ("the long pursuit"). One tradition says that Tainui priest, Rakataura, crossed Whāingaroa on his way to Kāwhia. Another says it was among the places the early Te Arawa explorer, Kahumatamomoe, with his nephew Īhenga, visited on their expedition from Maketū. The first Europeans to settle in the area, the Rev James and Mary Wallis, Wesleyan missionaries, were embraced and welcomed by local Māori in 1835. European settlement, including large scale conversion of land to pasture, began in the mid-1850s after a large sale of land by Chief Wirem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karioi Railway Station
Karioi was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line, in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand. A passing loop remains. Name The name was changed to Ninnia, or Ninia in 1907, but reverted to Karioi in 1910, though Ninia was still on the 1926 map. Ninia was also later used, further north on the NIMT, at Waione Siding. Karioi settlement lay to the south at what is now Karioi Domain. History Surveying for the route between Hīhītahi and Piriaka began in 1894. Bush felling for the railway started in 1900. The rails were extended to the station in March, or April 1907 and the line opened from Waiouru to Rangataua for goods traffic on 12 August 1907. A road to the station was built in 1907 for £1,078.10s. A 3rd class station was built by March 1908 with a budget of £7,672, though that may have included Ohakune. When opened Karioi had rooms for a stationmaster, luggage, urinals and ladies, on a by platform. There was also a by goods shed with verandah, a loading bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opotoru River
The Opotoru River is a river of the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows north, reaching the Raglan Harbour southwest of the town of Raglan. There is no regular monitoring of pollution, but (31.2%) of the river has been fenced to protect it from farm stock. Name ThOct 1947 Lands and Survey one inch mapshows the name 'Opotoru R' applied to the tidal creek of the harbour and 'Opotoru S' to the stretch through Te Mata. The 1971 2nd edition and current 1:50,000 maps (see http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/37544) show 'Opotoru River' for the lower part of the waterway, but 'Te Mata Stream' for the part up from the Te Hutewai Stream confluence. 'Te Mata Stream' appears to have been named 'Takapaunui Stream' in the 1910 postcards (see link below) and in the 1915 Bradbury's Illustrated Guide to The Raglan & Kawhia District. On 7 February 1974 the name Opotoru River was gazetted as the official name for the short length of waterway from Opotoru Creek to Te Mata St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Mata, Waikato District, Waikato
Te Mata is a small settlement from Hamilton and from Raglan. Demographics Te Mata is in an SA1 statistical area which extends from Te Mata to Pakoka Landing and covers . The SA1 area is part of the larger Te Uku statistical area. The SA1 area had a population of 186 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 51 people (37.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 87 people (87.9%) since the 2006 census. There were 57 households, comprising 87 males and 99 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.88 males per female. The median age was 33.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 60 people (32.3%) aged under 15 years, 21 (11.3%) aged 15 to 29, 87 (46.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 15 (8.1%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 91.9% European/Pākehā, 17.7% Māori, 3.2% Pacific peoples, 1.6% Asian, and 1.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 67.7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waikato District
Waikato District is a territorial authority of New Zealand, in the northern part of Waikato region, North Island. Waikato District is administered by the Waikato District Council, with headquarters in Ngāruawāhia. The district is centred to the north and west of the city of Hamilton, and takes in much of the northern Waikato Plains and also the Hakarimata Range. The north of the district contains swampy floodplain of the Waikato River and several small lakes, of which the largest is Lake Waikare. Other than Ngāruawāhia, the main population centres are Huntly, Raglan, and Te Kauwhata. The main industries in the district are dairy farming, forestry, and coal mining. There is a major coal-fired power station at Huntly. Te Kauwhata is at the centre of a major wine region. Demographics At the 2006 census the district had a population of 43,959. Of these, 6834 lived in Huntly, 5106 in Ngāruawāhia, 2637 in Raglan, and 1294 in Te Kauwhata. In 2010, the district acquired part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakepuku
Kakepuku (Kakipuku-o-kahurere) is a volcanic cone which rises from the plain between the Waipā and Puniu rivers, about NW of Te Kawa and SW of Te Awamutu in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. Geology The 'Geology of the Waikato Area' says, "The Alexandra Volcanic Group consists of several low-angle composite cones, including Karioi, Pirongia, Kakepuku, Te Kawa and Tokanui volcanoes, aligned southeast from Mount Karioi on the coast to Tokanui. They comprise about 55 km3 of mainly basaltic material erupted from at least 40 volcanic centres. The Alexandra Volcanic Group is the product oflate Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene back-arc volcanism, when both subduction-related basaltic magmas (Karioi, Pirongia, Kakepuku and Te Kawa) and intraplate alkalic basalts (Okete) were erupted. K-Ar ages range from 2.74 to 1.6 Ma, with the ages of the different magma series overlapping". It goes on to say Kakepuku is "composed mainly of basalt lava with minor tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pirongia
Mount Pirongia is an extinct stratovolcano located in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It rises to 959 metres and is the highest peak in the Waikato region. It was active in the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene times. Pirongia's many peaks are basaltic cones created by successive volcanic eruptions about 2.5 million years ago. In the adjacent picture, the characteristic profile of the mountain can be seen, along with a prominent accessory cone to the right (on the northern flank). History Maori people have a strong connection to Mount Pirongia. It was first named ("the scented pathway of Kahu") by a of the Tainui canoe, to honour his wife. To preserve the heritage of Mount Pirongia ''Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society Inc'' was formed in 2002 as a result of deep-seated community interest in its ecological restoration. Geography Mount Pirongia is located 22 kilometres to the west of Te Awamutu and eight kilometres from the small se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kārewa / Gannet Island
Kārewa / Gannet Island () is a small island some offshore from Kawhia on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Description The island consists of the eroded remnant of a tuff ring, erupted about half a million years ago. It is considerably younger than, and compositionally distinct from, the nearby onshore Alexandra Volcanics ( Mount Karioi and Mount Pirongia) and Okete Volcanics. It is located on the eastern edge of the North Taranaki Graben, rising above sea level from a base about deep. In heavy swells the island can be washed over, so that only about has vegetation and that limited to Prasiola (algae), Tortula (moss) and Xanthoria, and Xanthoparmelia lichens. Gannets Protected as a wildlife sanctuary, it was found to be the country's largest single breeding colony of Australasian gannets in a 1980 census. Holding about 8000 breeding pairs, the island has been identified as an Important Bird Area, by BirdLife International.BirdLife International. (2012). Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tainui (canoe)
In Māori tradition, ''Tainui'' was one of the great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago. In Māori tradition, the ''Tainui'' waka was commanded by the chief Hoturoa, who had decided to leave Hawaiki because over-population had led to famine and warfare. The crew of the ''Tainui'' were the ancestors of the iwi that form the Tainui confederation. Crafting The Tainui waka (canoe) was made from a great tree, at a place in Hawaiki known then as Maungaroa, on the spot where a stillborn child had been buried. According to Te Tāhuna Herangi the waka was named after the child who had been called Tainui. The canoe was made by Rakatāura, an expert boat builder in the tradition of Rātā, or according to Wirihana Aoterangi by Rātā himself. It was built with three adzes (''toki''): ''Hahau-te-pō'' ('Chop the night-world') to chop down the tree, ''Paopao-te-rangi'' ('Shatter the heavens') to split the wood, and ''Manu-tawhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hape (tohunga) , HAPE
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Hape is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hape (tohunga), Polynesian navigator * Janis Hape (born 1958), American swimmer *Patrick Hape (born 1974), American football player * Shontayne Hape (born 1981), New Zealand rugby league and union player See also *'' R. v. Hape'', Supreme Court of Canada case *High-altitude pulmonary edema High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a life-threatening form of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema that occurs in otherwise healthy people at altitudes typically above . However, cases have also been reported between in more vulnerable subjects. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Tasman
Abel Janszoon Tasman (; 160310 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was the first known European explorer to reach New Zealand and the islands of Fiji and Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). Origins and early life Abel Tasman was born around 1603 in Lutjegast, a small village in the province of Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. The oldest available source mentioning him is dated 27 December 1631 when, as a seafarer living in Amsterdam, the 28-year-old became engaged to marry 21-year-old Jannetje Tjaers, of Palmstraat in the Jordaan district of the city. Relocation to the Dutch East Indies Employed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Tasman sailed from Texel (Netherland) to Batavia, now Jakarta, in 1633 taking the southern Brouwer Route. During this period, Tasman took part in a voyage to Seram Island; the locals had sold spices to othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald McLean (New Zealand Politician)
Sir Donald McLean (27 October 1820 – 5 January 1877) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician and government official. He was involved in negotiations between the settler government and Māori from 1844 to 1861, eventually as Native Secretary and Land Purchase commissioner. He was one of the most influential figures in Māori-Pākehā relations in the mid-1800s and was involved in the dispute over the "Waitara Purchase", which led up to the First Taranaki War. Early life He was born on the Hebridean island of Tiree, and came to New Zealand via Australia in 1840. He married Susan Douglas Strang, daughter of the registrar of the Supreme Court in Wellington, Robert Strang, on 28 August 1851. She died after giving birth to their son Douglas in December 1852 and her death deeply affected McLean; he never remarried. Political career McLean was involved in negotiations between the settler government and Māori from 1844 to 1861, eventually as Native Secretary and Land Purchase co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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