Makaraka is an outer suburb of
Gisborne, in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
's
North Island, located in the west of the city.
The suburb features Gisborne's horse-racing circuit, Makaraka Racecourse.
It is part of the statistical area of Makaraka-Awapuni, which is covered at
Awapuni.
Makaraka was settled by dairy farmers in the 19th century. A dairy factory was built in the settlement in 1899.
The Tarere Marae, located near Makaraka, is a tribal meeting place of
Te Whānau a Iwi, a
hapū
In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or " clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally op ...
of
Te Aitanga ā Māhaki.
It includes Te Aotipu meeting house.
Education
Makaraka School is a Year 1–6 co-educational public primary school
with a roll of as of
Railway station
From 1902 to 1959 Mākaraka had a railway station on the
Moutohora Branch
The Moutohora Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealand's national rail network in Poverty Bay in the North Island of New Zealand. The branch ran for 78 km approximately North-West from Gisborne into the rugged a ...
and, from 1915 to 1931, was the junction for the
Ngātapa Branch. It is now the mothballed Makaraka Industrial Line and also has the East Coast Museum of Technology station building (from Matawhero) and museum on the former station site.
References
Suburbs of Gisborne, New Zealand
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