Dalefield is a rural community in the

Carterton District Carterton ( mi, Taratahi) is a small town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of the Carterton District (a territorial authority or local government district). It lies in a farming area of the Wairarapa in New Zealand's North Isl ...

and

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of New Zealand's

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. It was the location of the

Dalefield railway station Dalefield railway station was a station on the Wairarapa Line that served the small rural community of Dalefield, just south of Carterton in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand’s North Island. It survived for just over a century from when ...

on the

Wairarapa Line The Wairarapa Line is a secondary railway line in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand. The line runs for , connects the capital city Wellington with the Palmerston North - Gisborne Line at Woodville, via Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt ...

between 1880 and 1981.

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has identified the Watersons Line crossing in Dalefield as one of the most dangerous railway crossings in Wairarapa. In May 2018, plans were drawn up to develop a solar plant on a former landfill site in Dalefield. Dalefield also has a lavender farm. Parts of the area were affected by severe weather during November and December 2018, which caused widespread flooding but prevented a drought.

Demographics

Wainuioru is part of the Mount Holdsworth statistical area.

Education

Dalefield School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . The school established a low-power radio station in 2019.

References

{{Carterton District Populated places in the Wellington Region Wairarapa Carterton District Carterton, New Zealand