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Pātūtahi
Pātūtahi is a small settlement 15 kilometres from Gisborne, in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in the valley of the Waipaoa River. From 1915 to 1931 Pātūtahi had a railway station on the Ngātapa Branch. The name was officially modified to include macrons in 2021. Demographics Statistics New Zealand describes Pātūtahi as a rural settlement, which covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. It is part of the larger Te Arai statistical area. Pātūtahi had a population of 330 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 12 people (3.8%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 9 people (−2.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 108 households, comprising 162 males and 168 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 84 people (25.5%) aged under 15 years, 66 (20.0%) aged 15 to 29, 129 (39.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 48 (14.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 50.9% European/P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngatapa Branch
The Ngatapa Branch was a secondary branch line railway long that for a short time formed part of the Rail transport in New Zealand, national rail network in Poverty Bay in the North Island of New Zealand. The Ngatapa branch diverged from the Moutohora branch line about from Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne and ran a further across the coastal flat to a terminus at Ngatapa. It was sometimes referred to as the Ngapata branch. Built to the New Zealand standard gauge the branch was originally authorised as part of the proposed inland route for the Wairoa to Gisborne section of the Palmerston North – Gisborne Line. However, in 1924, an engineer's report recommended that the then-new isolated section between Wairoa and Waikokopu in Hawke's Bay be incorporated as the southernmost portion of a new coastal route from Wairoa to Gisborne. The Public Works Department (PWD) accordingly stopped work on the inland Ngatapa route, which was officially opened as a branch line on 15 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
