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The area became a timber milling centre with the establishment of a road to Whangarei in 1875, and the first of several sawmills soon after. [8] Kauri gum-diggers were also active in the area. [9] The town grew around local coal mines, which opened in 1890. The North Auckland railway line from Whangarei reached Hikurangi in 1894.
Cultivator No. 6 was the code name of a military trench-digging machine developed by the British Royal Navy at the beginning of World War II.The machine was originally known as White Rabbit Number Six; this code name was never officially recognised, but it was said to be derived from Churchill's metaphorical ability to pull ideas out of a hat.
Whangārei (Māori: [faŋaːˈɾɛi]) [4] is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region.It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to administer both the city and its hinterland.
About 2 km (1.2 mi) south west of the town, [21] Maungaturoto had a station on the North Auckland Line from 13 August 1915 to 12 June 1987. Passenger trains ended on 31 July 1967. [ 22 ] Refreshment rooms opened in 1923, [ 23 ] and had a hostel built for female refreshment room staff in 1940, but closed in November 1956.
Walter Peak Station, opposite Queenstown on the shore of Lake Wakatipu. A station or run, in the context of New Zealand agriculture, is a large farm dedicated to the grazing of sheep and cattle. The use of the word for the farm or farm buildings date back to the mid-nineteenth century. [1] The owner of a station is called a runholder.
Portland had a population of 483 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 42 people (9.5%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 150 people (45.0%) since the 2013 census.
Port Whangārei and Whangārei Harbour in 1993. Port-Limeburners had a population of 84 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 18 people (−17.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 45 people (115.4%) since the 2013 census.
Waro railway station was a flag station [2] on the North Auckland Line in New Zealand. [3] The station was part of the Whangārei and Kamo section, opened on 2 July 1894. [4] The extension of the line north to Whakapara opened in 1896. [5] A stationmaster's house was designed in 1895, though there seems to be no mention of it being built.