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Ormondville
Ormondville is a locality in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located inland, south of Waipukurau and west of Flemington, Hawke's Bay, Flemington, Hawke's Bay Region, Hawke's Bay. Ormondville railway station opened in 1880, but services ended in 2001. File:Ormondville Masonic Lodge.jpg, Masonic Lodge File:Anglican Church of Epiphany Ormondville.jpg, Anglican Church of Epiphany History Ormondville was in the Tuatua Block, which was part of the Seventy Mile Bush area, bought by government for £17,552 on 16 August 1871, from Hohepa Paewai, a chief of the Rangitāne iwi. The area was then sold to Settler, settlers by the Waste Lands Board, through a Homestead Acts#New Zealand, Special Settlement Scheme. Ormondville was named after John Davies Ormond, who was then the local MP and Hawke's Bay Province#Superintendents, Superintendent of Hawke's Bay Province. Ormondville used to be much larger; in 1901 the population was 459. It once had a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ormondville 1958
Ormondville is a locality in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located inland, south of Waipukurau and west of Flemington, Hawke's Bay. Ormondville railway station opened in 1880, but services ended in 2001. File:Ormondville Masonic Lodge.jpg, Masonic Lodge File:Anglican Church of Epiphany Ormondville.jpg, Anglican Church of Epiphany History Ormondville was in the Tuatua Block, which was part of the Seventy Mile Bush area, bought by government for £17,552 on 16 August 1871, from Hohepa Paewai, a chief of the Rangitāne iwi. The area was then sold to settlers by the Waste Lands Board, through a Special Settlement Scheme. Ormondville was named after John Davies Ormond, who was then the local MP and Superintendent of Hawke's Bay Province. Ormondville used to be much larger; in 1901 the population was 459. It once had a court-house (1881-1932), Alpha dairy factory (1899-1931), hotel, cobbler, garage, butchery, blacksmith, saddler, unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Makotuku
Makotuku is a locality in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region of New Zealand's North Island, about west of Ormondville. The settlement formed around the temporary railway terminus and was often called Makotoko. Makotuku probably refers to the place of the Eastern great egret, heron, or kōtuku. Makotuku is in meshblock 1534900, which had a population of 54 in 2018. It is part of the wider Norsewood statistical area, which covers . Makotuku School opened in 1881. By 1885 it had about 100 pupils. It closed in 1977. In 1881 the Beaconsfield Hotel was moved from Kopua railway station, Kopua to a site next to the station. In 1888 it was replaced by a new hotel and the old one replaced the village hall. The new hotel burnt down in 1912. Makotuku Hotel was built in 1887. It was burnt down in 1933 and its owner was imprisoned for insurance fraud. In 1886 bush fires caused a relief fund to be set up for those who had lost their homes. An Anglican Church was built in 1890 and rebuilt afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tararua District Council
The Tararua District is a district near the south-east corner of New Zealand's North Island that is administered by the Tararua District Council. It has a population of and an area of 4,364.62 km². The district's northwest boundary runs along the top of the Ruahine Range; its south-east boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The catchment of the Manawatū River generally defines the north and south extremities. The catchment is also the reason the majority of the district is in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, although traditionally many of the people of the district regard themselves as living in either Hawke's Bay (in the north) or Wairarapa (in the south). Towns and regional government The district's chief town is Dannevirke, settled by immigrants from Denmark in the 19th century. It is also the centre for a Community Board. Other towns (from south to north along the main valleys) include Eketāhuna and Pahiatua, which have their own Community Boards, and Woodville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tararua District
The Tararua District is a Districts of New Zealand, district near the south-east corner of New Zealand's North Island that is administered by the Tararua District Council. It has a population of and an area of 4,364.62 km². The district's northwest boundary runs along the top of the Ruahine Range; its south-east boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The catchment of the Manawatū River generally defines the north and south extremities. The catchment is also the reason the majority of the district is in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, although traditionally many of the people of the district regard themselves as living in either Hawke's Bay (region), Hawke's Bay (in the north) or Wairarapa (in the south). Towns and regional government The district's chief town is Dannevirke, settled by immigrants from Denmark in the 19th century. It is also the centre for a Community Board. Other towns (from south to north along the main valleys) include Eketāhuna and Pahiatua, which have thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dannevirke County
The Tararua District is a district near the south-east corner of New Zealand's North Island that is administered by the Tararua District Council. It has a population of and an area of 4,364.62 km². The district's northwest boundary runs along the top of the Ruahine Range; its south-east boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The catchment of the Manawatū River generally defines the north and south extremities. The catchment is also the reason the majority of the district is in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, although traditionally many of the people of the district regard themselves as living in either Hawke's Bay (in the north) or Wairarapa (in the south). Towns and regional government The district's chief town is Dannevirke, settled by immigrants from Denmark in the 19th century. It is also the centre for a Community Board. Other towns (from south to north along the main valleys) include Eketāhuna and Pahiatua, which have their own Community Boards, and Woodville, Ormondv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Former Territorial Authorities In New Zealand
This is a list of former territorial authorities in New Zealand. "Territorial authority" is the generic term used for local government in New Zealand, local government entities in New Zealand. Local government has gone through three principal phases with different structures: the provincial era, from 1853 to 1876; the counties and boroughs system from 1876 until 1989; and the current system of regions, cities and districts. This article attempts to list all territorial authorities which have been disestablished. Provincial era (until 1876) The original three provinces were established in 1841 by Royal Charter. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 reduced the number of provinces to two. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 re-divided New Zealand into six provinces, and four additional provinces emerged during the remainder of the Provincial Era. This era came to end with the Provinces of New Zealand#Abolition, Abolition of Provinces Act 1876. Post-provincial era (1876–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bay Express
The ''Bay Express'' was a passenger train between Wellington and Napier in New Zealand's North Island, operating from Monday, 11 December 1989 until Sunday, 7 October 2001. It was operated by New Zealand Railways Corporation's InterCity Rail division, later known as Tranz Scenic. History Introduction The ''Bay Express'' was preceded by the '' Endeavour'', which ran the same route from 1972 until 1989. The ''Endeavour'' started service with upgraded carriages and a buffet car. Still, in August 1981, these were diverted to the North Island Main Trunk as the ''Blue Fern'' and replaced by carriages of lesser quality without a buffet car. The introduction of the ''Bay Express'' was intended to return the standard of Hawke's Bay passenger services back to their former level. Rolling stock The trains consisted of two modular guards vans converted into power-luggage vans with 11 kW petrol generators at the handbrake ends (one from Mitsubishi, Japan, the other from Dae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Palmerston North–Gisborne Line
The Palmerston North–Gisborne Line (PNGL) is a secondary main line railway in the North Island of New Zealand. It branches from the North Island Main Trunk at Palmerston North and runs east through the Manawatū Gorge to Woodville, New Zealand, Woodville, where it meets the Wairarapa Line, and then proceeds to Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings and Napier, New Zealand, Napier in Hawke's Bay before following the coast north to Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne. Construction began in 1872, but the entire line was not completed until 1942. The line crosses the runway of Gisborne Airport, one of the world's few railways to do so since Pakistan's Khyber Pass Railway closed. In conjunction with the Moutohora Branch that ran north from Gisborne between 1900 and 1959, the line was originally intended to connect to the East Coast Main Trunk, described in 1875 as the North Island trunk line, but the difficult inland section between the Tāneatua Branch in the Bay of Plenty and the Moutohor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Flemington, Hawke's Bay
Flemington is a lightly populated locality in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located inland, south of Waipukurau and east of Ormondville. Nearby settlements include Whetukura to the west, Te Uri to the south-southwest, and Wanstead to the east. Flemington began a small European farming community called Boar Hills in 1845. Several stations were established in the following three decades. Flemington District was officially established in 1886. For the purposes of the New Zealand census The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings () is a national population and housing census conducted by Statistics New Zealand, a government department, every five years. There have been 34 censuses since 1851. In addition to providing ..., Flemington falls within the area of Elsthorpe-Flemington. This covers a large amount of southern Hawke's Bay south and east of Waipukurau, and it had a population of 2,949 at the 2001 census. This is not reflective of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Settler
A settler or a colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities. The entity that a settler establishes is a Human settlement, settlement. A settler is called a pioneer if they are among the first settling at a place that is new to the settler community. The process of settling land can be, and has often been, controversial: while human migration is a normal phenomenon by itself, it has not been uncommon throughout human history for settlers to have arrived in already-inhabited lands Settler colonialism, without the intention of living alongside the native population. In these cases, the conflict that arises between the settlers and the natives (or Indigenous peoples) may result in the dispossession of the latter within the contested territory, usually violently. While settlers can act independently, they may receive support from the government of their country or colonial empire or from a non-governmental organization as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rangitāne
Rangitāne is a Māori iwi (tribe). Their rohe (territory) is in the Manawatū, Horowhenua, Wairarapa and Marlborough areas of New Zealand. The iwi was formed as one of two divisions (aside from Muaūpoko) of the expedition team led by Whātonga, a chief from the Māhia Peninsula and father of Tara-Ika a Nohu of Te Whanganui-a-Tara fame. Rangitāne in Manawatū The rohe of Rangitāne o Manawatū is from the mouth of the Rangitikei River, stretching up the river to Orangipango, then eastwards to Te Hekenga in the Ruahine Ranges, then southwards along the summit of the ranges to continue along the summit of the Tararua Range, to the peak of Taramea, then westward to the mouth of the Manawatū River, northwards along the coast back to the mouth of the Rangitikei River. in Backgr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Regions Of New Zealand
New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government in New Zealand, local government purposes. Eleven are administered by regional councils, and five are administered by Unitary authority#New Zealand, unitary authorities, which are territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authorities that also perform the functions of regional councils. Although technically a district but classed as a territory, The Chatham Islands Territory is outside the regions and is administered by the Chatham Islands Council, which is similar to a unitary authority, authorised under its own legislation. Current regions History and statutory basis The regional councils are listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002, along with reference to the ''New Zealand Gazette, Gazette'' notices that established them in 1989. The act requires regional councils to promote sustainable developmentthe social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of their communitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
