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Wanganui Education Board
Provinces were abolished in New Zealand and the Central Government took control and education. The Education Act 1877 established twelve regional Education Boards, including this the Wanganui Education Board. Timeline 1892 - Wanganui Technical School - founded by the Wanganui Education Board 1905 - End of year figures: Schools 85, teaching staff 374, number of pupils 12,983. (Student teacher ratio: 34.7) gross revenue £78,078. 1906 - "The Wanganui Education Board has jurisdiction over a district which comprises the Counties of Wanganui, Waitotara, Hawera, Patea, Waimarino, Rangitikei, Oroua, Kairanga, Kiwitea, Pohangina, and Manawatu".The Cyclopedia of New Zealand - The Education Board - The offices of the Wanganui Education Board are in Nixon Street. Primary schools Secondary schools {, border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;" !bgcolor=#cccccc, Name of School !bgcolor=#cccccc, Original Borough or County !bgcolor=#cccccc, Suburb or Riding !bgcolor=#cccccc, Opened !bgcolor=# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education Act 1877 (New Zealand)
The Education Act 1877 established twelve regional Education Boards in New Zealand after the provinces were abolished and the central government took control of education. The act established that education would be free, compulsory, and secular for Pākehā children aged five to thirteen. History Education had previously been the responsibility of provincial governments. Through the Abolition of Provinces Act 1875, the provinces ceased to exist on 1 January 1877. The Canterbury education system developed by William Rolleston was used as an exemplar for the Education Act 1877, and under Rolleston's guidance, Charles Bowen helped form the legislation. The act passed into law on 29 November 1877 and came into operation on 1 January 1878. The Education Act 1877 was repealed through the Education Acts Compilation Act 1904, also known under its short title "The Education Act, 1904", and passed into law on 4 November 1904. Effects The act established that education would be free, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matarawa
Tokoroa ( mi, Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere) is the fifth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato District. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the Mamaku Ranges, it is midway between Taupo and Hamilton on State Highway 1. History and culture Early history Tokoroa was the name of a chief of the Ngāti Kahupungapunga, who was slain by Raukawa during the siege of Pōhaturoa, a volcanic plug adjacent to Atiamuri, 27 km south of Tokoroa. This battle took place around 1600 as the Ngāti Raukawa moved into the southern Waikato. The name ''Tokoroa'' first appeared on the early maps of the 1860s, although this was for an area 50 km north east of today's Tokoroa. Foundations, growth and decline Tokoroa is one of the most recent towns in New Zealand history. The township was established (circa) 1917 by the Matarawa Land Company as a potential farming area; a few families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whanganui
Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whanganui is the 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of as of . Whanganui is the ancestral home of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and other Whanganui Māori tribes. The New Zealand Company began to settle the area in 1840, establishing its second settlement after Wellington. In the early years most European settlers came via Wellington. Whanganui greatly expanded in the 1870s, and freezing works, woollen mills, phosphate works and wool stores were established in the town. Today, much of Whanganui's economy relates directly to the fertile and prosperous farming hinterland. Like several New Zealand urban areas, it was officially designated a city until an administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanganui
Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whanganui is the 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of as of . Whanganui is the ancestral home of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and other Whanganui Māori tribes. The New Zealand Company began to settle the area in 1840, establishing its second settlement after Wellington. In the early years most European settlers came via Wellington. Whanganui greatly expanded in the 1870s, and freezing works, woollen mills, phosphate works and wool stores were established in the town. Today, much of Whanganui's economy relates directly to the fertile and prosperous farming hinterland. Like several New Zealand urban areas, it was officially designated a city until an administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whakahoro
Whakahoro is a small (now mostly empty) settlement located south of Taumarunui on the junction of the Retaruke River, Retaruke and Whanganui Rivers, about upstream from Whanganui. By gravel roads it is west of Raurimu railway station, Raurimu and south west of Ōwhango. The settlement lies close to the northern edge of the Whanganui National Park in a rugged and largely inaccessible part of the country, connected to the national road network only via Oio Road, which links it to New Zealand State Highway 4, SH 4 via the townships of Retaruke and Kaitieke. Whakahoro is located on Te Araroa, a major walking route which stretches the length of New Zealand and follows the Whanganui River for part of its length. Tree planting has been done in the 21st century, but many sheep and wild pigs remain. The settlement's name is from Māori language, Māori, and means "To break into pieces". Wade's Landing has made itself into various modern hand-held GPS databases, probably due to its h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaitieke
Kaitieke or Kaitīeke is a rural community, located south of Taumarunui and west of Raurimu, in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The area's name translates as ''to eat'' (''kai'') ''the saddleback bird'' ('' tieke''). History The area's steep rugged hills and valleys were once covered in thick native forest. However, with the arrival of European settlers in the early 1900s, most local forests were felled for farming between 1908 and 1915. Kaitīeke School opened in 1910, and some small sawmills operated in the area during the 1920s. The Spanish flu had a devastating impact on the community in November 1918, killing about 23% of the local Māori population. Painter Edward (Ted) Lattey farmed south of the settlement in the 1920s, before leaving the King Country to become a professional painter. He became known for his paintings of native forests, including King Country scenes. During World War I and again during the Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retaruke River
The Retaruke River is a river in the North Island of New Zealand. It joins with the Whanganui River at Whakahoro just above Wade's Landing and downstream from Taumarunui. The river flows through the farming communities of Upper and then Lower Retaruke Valley. Downstream from this junction is the Mangapurua Landing with its Bridge to Nowhere, servicing the ill-fated Mangapurua Valley farming community. Sources The river source is located south west of National Park in the Erua Forest. The river initially flows south west through the forest before bending to flow north west. Geology Most of the valley is made up of Early Miocene Mahoenui Group rocks. About 65,000 years ago movement of the Waimarino Fault probably allowed capture of the Waimarino Stream and/or Makatote River by the Manganuiateao River, which would have reduced erosion by ending the incidence of lahars and reducing flows in the Retaruke River. Coal was discovered in 1909 in the Late Miocene Whangamomona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raurimu Spiral
The Raurimu Spiral is a single-track railway spiral, starting with a horseshoe curve, overcoming a height difference, in the central North Island of New Zealand, on the North Island Main Trunk railway (NIMT) between Wellington and Auckland. It is a notable feat of civil engineering, having been called an "engineering masterpiece." The Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand has designated the spiral as a significant engineering heritage site. Background During the construction of the central section of the NIMT, a major obstacle arose: how to cross the steep slopes between the North Island Volcanic Plateau to the east and the valleys and gorges of the Whanganui River to the west? South of Taumarunui, the terrain is steep but not unmanageable, with the exception of the stretch between Raurimu and National Park, where the land rises too steeply for a direct rail route. A direct line between these two points would rise in a distance of some , a gradient of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōwhango
Ōwhango is a small town in New Zealand situated about south of Taumarunui on State Highway 4 (SH4), and about west of the Whakapapa River, a tributary of the nascent Whanganui River. Ōwhango has been the official name since 16 July 2020. It is a Māori name that translates as "the place of wheezy noises". The village features a backdrop of native forest and Mount Ruapehu, with native birds like tui and kereru. The domain, set amongst native forest, includes large open playing fields, children's play area and two tennis courts. The Main Trunk Line passes through Ōwhango on the western side of State Highway 4, with two crossing points for vehicles, one controlled (Owhango Road, centrally located) and the other uncontrolled (Onematua Road, on the northern boundary). From 1905 to 1985 Ōwhango had a railway station. Geography Latitude 39 degrees south sign in Ōwhango, looking north, September 2019, thumb Ōwhango is located on the 39° latitude line, placing it on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taumarunui
Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kuiti and 55 km west of Turangi. It is under the jurisdiction of Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region. Its population is as of making it the largest centre for a considerable distance in any direction. It is on State Highway 4 and the North Island Main Trunk railway. The name ''Taumarunui'' is reported to be the dying words of the Māori chief Pehi Turoa – ''taumaru'' meaning screen and ''nui'' big, literally translated as Big Screen, being built to shelter him from the sun, or more commonly known to mean – "The place of big shelter". There are also references to Taumarunui being known as large sheltered location for growing kumara. In the 1980s publication ''Roll Back the Years'' there are some details on how Taumarunui got its name. Extra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakahi, New Zealand
Kakahi ( mi, Kākahi)) is a small King Country settlement about up the Whanganui River from Taumarunui, New Zealand. Founded as a sawmill town, it takes its name from the Māori word for the New Zealand freshwater mussel. Geography Kakahi can be reached from State Highway 4, and the North Island Main Trunk railway passes through it across a bridge over the Kakahi Stream; a railway station was open from 1904 to 1978. The Whanganui River and Whakapapa River meet about to the east, and a similar distance down the Whakapapa River from the end of Te Rena Road (an old logging tram line). Te Rena Road is notable for extensive colonies of glowworms along the sheer banks where the road cuts deeply through the hillside. History Early history Kakahi has a long history of Māori settlement, and four fortified pā sites. In about the 15th century, Ngāti Hotu people were defeated here by Whanganui Māori in the battle of the five forts. In February 1862 James Coutts Crawford cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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