Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatū Tararua Highway is a 11-kilometre-long (7-mile), four-lane highway under construction connecting Ashhurst and Woodville over the Ruahine Range following the closure of the Manawatū Gorge road in 2017. Construction began in January 2021 and completion is scheduled for mid 2025.
Te Ahu a Turanga i Mua Marae: Te Ahu a Turanga i Mua: Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngā Hau E Whā), Rangitāne (Ngāti Te Koro, Ngāti Te Rangiwhakaewa) Woodville: Kaitoki: Kaitoki Memorial Hall: Rangitāne (Ngāti Pakapaka, Ngāti Te Rangiwhakaewa) Dannevirke: Mākirikiri: Aotea Tuatoru: Rangitāne (Ngāti Mutuahi, Ngāti Te Rangiwhakaewa) Dannevirke ...
The Manawatū Gorge (Māori: Te Āpiti) is a steep-sided gorge formed by the Manawatū River in the North Island of New Zealand. At 6 km (3.7 mi) long, the Manawatū Gorge divides the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges, linking the Manawatū and Tararua Districts. It lies to the northeast of Palmerston North.
What links here; Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; Page information; Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code
In 1864, Te Ahu-a-Turanga Block was sold by Rangitāne to the Government for £12,000, in an effort to open the Manawatu to settlement. Stewart returned in 1866 on behalf of the Wellington Provincial Council (under whose jurisdiction the new purchase fell) and made the original survey and subdivision in the Papaioea forest clearing. [12]
It includes Te Ahu a Turanga i Mua meeting house. [ 17 ] One of New Zealand's first international hit songs, Blue Smoke was written by Ruru Karaitiana, who was born on a farm between Woodville and Dannevirke. [ 18 ]
While Turei embraced Christianity, he acquired an understanding of old Maori religion and traditional learning from Pita Kapiti, a tohunga, at Te Tapere-Nui-ā-Whatonga. [1] He spent his childhood at Te Kautuku near Rangitukia near the mouth of the Waiapu River. By 1839, a school was opened at Rangitukia, which Tueri is believed to have attended.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate