Ohariu (New Zealand Electorate)
Ohariu may refer to: * Ōhāriu, a current New Zealand electorate :* Ohariu (New Zealand electorate), the same electorate with its previous spelling (no macron) * Ohariu, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand See also *Ohariu-Belmont (New Zealand electorate) Ohariu-Belmont was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate from 1996 to 2008. Population centres The 1996 election was notable for the significant change of electorate boundaries, based on the provisions of the Electoral Act 1993. Because of the ...

Ohariu (New Zealand Electorate)
Ohariu may refer to: * Ōhāriu, a current New Zealand electorate :* Ohariu (New Zealand electorate), the same electorate with its previous spelling (no macron) * Ohariu, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand See also *Ohariu-Belmont (New Zealand electorate) Ohariu-Belmont was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate from 1996 to 2008. Population centres The 1996 election was notable for the significant change of electorate boundaries, based on the provisions of the Electoral Act 1993. Because of the ...

Ohariu, New Zealand
Ohariu (or Ohariu Valley) is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It is a rural area, located from Khandallah. The name is a corruption of Owhariu, where, according to Māori mythology, Kupe dried the sails of his canoe. The area is governed by the Mākara / Ōhāriu Community Board. The name of the locality has given its name to two general electorates: Ōhāriu (first formed for the without macrons) and (which existed from to 2008). History In the 19th century, Ohariu was divided into Country Sections by the New Zealand Company. Many were sold to absentee owners, and there were only three resident settlers in 1854: James Smith, James Hallett and James Holder. Later settlers from the 1860s were James Bryant and his sons of ''Huia Farm'', Thomas Bassett of ''Willow Bank'', Charles Austin, George Best, and George Beech. Initially farms ran sheep and beef cattle. Access was by tracks from Awarua Street (Ngaio), Khandallah and Johnsonville; from the 1860s by the Old Coac ...
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