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Paeroa–Pokeno Line
The Paeroa-Pokeno railway line or deviation in the upper North Island of New Zealand between Paeroa on the East Coast Main Trunk (ECMT) and Pokeno on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) was a proposed route with construction started but abandoned. The proposal has been revived in recent years as part of a more direct route between Auckland and Tauranga. History A request for the line was made in 1905 and a route surveyed in 1926. Proposals were also made to shorten the route by a further , by starting it at Manurewa railway station, Manurewa and serving Hunua. Work started in 1938 on the line, which would have shortened the distance from Auckland to towns on the ECMT by . Minister of Public Works, Bob Semple, turned the first sod on 27 January 1938 at Paeroa railway station, Paeroa and about of the line had been started when work was abandoned in 1940. Work was still making slow progress in 1950, when a paragraph in the New Zealand Ministry of Works, Ministry of Works annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest island. The world's 28th-most-populous island, Te Ika-a-Māui has a population of accounting for approximately % of the total residents of New Zealand. Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Naming and usage Although the island has been known as the North Island for many years, in 2009 the New Zealand Geographic Board found that, along with the South Island, the North Island had no official name. After a public consultation, the board officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
