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Koputaroa
Koputaroa, Koputāroa or Kōputaroa is a rural community in the Horowhenua District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located south of Shannon and north of Levin on State Highway 57. It had a railway station from 1886 to 1986. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "long snare for catching parakeets" for ''Kōputaroa''. Marae The local Kererū Marae and Mahinārangi meeting house are a meeting place of the Ngāti Raukawa hapū of Ngāti Takihiku and Ngāti Ngārongo. In October 2020, the Government committed $335,056 from the Provincial Growth Fund Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician. He served as a New Zealand First list MP from 2017 to 2020 and was previously a Labour list MP from 2005 to 2014. Jones was a cabinet minister in the Fifth Labour Gove ... to upgrade Kikopiri Marae and Kererū Marae, creating 48 jobs. Education Koputaroa School is a co-educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koputaroa Railway Station
Koputaroa railway station was a station at Koputaroa in Horowhenua District on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. Name The Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "long snare for catching parakeets" for ''Koputaroa''. On 29 February 1906 the name of station was changed from to Koputarua, to avoid confusion with Kereru in Hawkes Bay. On 15 April 1909 the spelling was corrected from Koputarua to Koputaroa. History was opened as a flag station by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company on Monday 2 August 1886, when trains started to run between Longburn and Ōtaki, though a special train had run from Longburn to Ohau in April 1886. The first through train from Wellington to Palmerston North ran on 30 November 1886. In 1906 the cattle yards were rebuilt and a new goods shed and sheep stage added. When New Zealand Railways Department took over in 1908, tablet signalling was introduced. Further improvements were made in 1909, so that by 1911 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |