Bideford is a small

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

settlement, located in the

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

district in the Wairarapa region of the

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 ...

of New Zealand. The town is located 35 kilometres northeast of

and a similar distance southwest of Eketahuna. Bideford had a primary school until the Wairarapa school merge of 2004.

Name

The settlement is named after Bideford, Devon, and was previously known as Upper Taueru until 1878.

Demographics

Bideford is part of the

Whareama Whareama is a rural area in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The Whareama River flows through the area. Marae The community has two ''marae'' affiliated with the Ngāti Kahungunu ''hapū'' of Ngāi Tumapuhia-a-Rangi: Mot ...

statistical area.

Residents

John Falloon John Howard Falloon (17 February 1942 – 4 October 2005) was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1977 to 1996, representing the New Zealand National Party, National Party in the Pahiatua (New Zealand electorate), Pahiatua electorate. ...

, Member of Parliament lived in Bideford at the time of his death. * Jack Williams, Member of Parliament farmed in Bideford

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