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Taringamotu
Taringamotu is a valley and rural community in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located northwest of Taumarunui, and north of State Highway 41. The local Hia Kaitupeka marae is a tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of Hari and Te Kanawa, and the Ngāti Hāua hapū of Ngāti Hira. It includes the Hari meeting house. Education Ngakonui Valley School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . See also * Taringamotu railway station * Taringamotu Tramway Taringamotu Tramway, nicknamed Taringamotu Express, was a bush tramway near Oruaiwi, also known as Waituhi, a settlement in the valley of Taringamotu in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It operated from 1910 to the m ... References Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui Ruapehu District {{ManawatuWanganui-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taringamotu Tramway
Taringamotu Tramway, nicknamed Taringamotu Express, was a bush tramway near Oruaiwi, also known as Waituhi, a settlement in the valley of Taringamotu in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It operated from 1910 to the mid 1960s. History The tramway with a track gauge of was used from approximately 1910 to the mid 1960s. Approval for tramway access to Taringamutu station was granted to Taringamutu Sawmilling Co in 1905. The tramway probably began operating in mid 1908, after Taringamutu Totara Sawmills Ltd had been floated in 1907 to raise £60,000 in capital for building two more sawmills and completing the tramway. Taringamotu Totara Sawmills' private siding right began on 1 January 1909. After 1956 it shuttled just between Taringamotu railway station on the North Island Main Trunk and the Taringamotu Totara Sawmill Company, which operated from 1907 to 1956.Carolyn M. King, D. John Gaukrodger and Neville A. Ritchie''The Drama of Conservation: The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taringamotu Railway Station
Taringamotu railway station was a station at Taringamotu on the North Island Main Trunk, in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region. Goods traffic was reported to have started by November 1902. A station master was appointed in 1911. In 1920 he was working over 12 hours a day. In 1924 it was a 6th grade post. The stationmaster was withdrawn from 26 June 1926. Reports mention a caretaker being at the station in 1948 and 1951. The name was changed from Taringamutu to Taringamotu after Alexander Young (New Zealand politician), Alexander Young had described it as an error in Parliament in 1913. In 1908 additions were made to the station buildings and a station house was built. By 1911 there was a shelter shed, platform, loading bank and a passing loop for 36 wagons. Electric lighting came in about 1936. Timber was the main traffic, transferring from the Taringamotu Tramway, but the station also handled other goods, such as 122 tons of fertilisers in 1926. Taringamotu T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruapehu District
Ruapehu District is a territorial authority in the centre of New Zealand's North Island. It has an area of 6,734 square kilometers and the district's population in was . Features The district is landlocked, and contains the western half of the Tongariro National Park, including Mount Ruapehu and the western sides of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro, as well as part of the Whanganui National Park. The district is also home to the world-famous Raurimu Spiral on the North Island Main Trunk railway line. The tourist towns of Raetihi, Whakapapa Village, National Park and Ohakune are located near Mount Ruapehu in the south east of the district. Waiouru, with an elevation of 815 metres, is in the extreme south east of the district and houses the large Waiouru Army Camp. The southern section of the infamous Desert Road section of State Highway 1 runs through the east of the district, from Waiouru to Rangipo. Demographics Ruapehu District covers and had an estimated population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education (New Zealand)
The Ministry of Education (Māori: ''Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing the New Zealand education system. The Ministry was formed in 1989 when the former, all-encompassing Department of Education was broken up into six separate agencies. History The Ministry was established as a result of the Picot task force set up by the Labour government in July 1987 to review the New Zealand education system. The members were Brian Picot, a businessman, Peter Ramsay, an associate professor of education at the University of Waikato, Margaret Rosemergy, a senior lecturer at the Wellington College of Education, Whetumarama Wereta, a social researcher at the Department of Maori Affairs and Colin Wise, another businessman. The task force was assisted by staff from the Treasury and the State Services Commission (SSC), who may have applied pressure on the task force to move towards eventually privatizing education, as had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
