Okaihau
| Okaihau | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 19 ′ S , 173 ° 46 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-NTL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Northland | |
| District | Far North District | |
| Ward | Kaikohe-Hokianga Ward | |
| Residents | 696 (2013) | |
| height | 240 m | |
| Post Code | 0475 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 9 | |
Okaihau is a village in the Far North District of Northland on the North Island of New Zealand .
geography
The village is located around 10 km north-northwest of Kaikohe and around 1.5 km from Lake Omapere . The New Zealand State Highway 1 passes north of the village center and connects the village with Kawakawa, around 27 km away, in the southeast and with Kaitaia, around 50 km away, in the northwest.
history
In 1845 the Māori chief Tamati Waka Nene built a Pā ( Māori village) near the present-day village and on May 8, 1845 supported British troops in the attack on the village and the fortifications of the Māori chief Hone Heke not far from the banks of Lake Omapere . From 1864 the area was settled by immigrants from Canada .
The place was connected from October 29, 1923 to November 1, 1987 by the Okaihau Line to the North Auckland Line of the New Zealand railway network. The former platform is next to an area that used to be the marshalling yard and north of the village is New Zealand's northernmost railway tunnel, which was never in service. An almost completed extension of the line to Rangiahua was also never put into operation and later dismantled.
The first official records of a school in the village date back to 1874. Previously, Joseph Harrison had been a local teacher since 1870 or 1871. The settlers organized the lumber for a school through the Bay of Islands MP , McCloud , and the government agreed to build the school and pay a teacher. The school was opened in 1874, initially with 21 students.
There was no secondary education facility near Okaihau until 1938 . The students either had to go to Auckland or Whangarei to boarding school or to take the Okaihau train connection to Kaikohe . In 1938 smaller schools in the area were merged and the Consolidated School opened with around 180 students.
In 1947 the school was upgraded to a district high school due to the increasing number of students , restructured to Okaihau College in 1973 and a new elementary school founded at the same time. At the end of 1973, 263 students were in college and 219 in elementary school.
population
In the 2013 census, the town had 696 inhabitants, 2.9% less than in the 2006 census.
Education
The Okaihau College visiting students from the sprawling area, where school bus connections until after around 50 kilometers by road away Kohukohu and approximately 44 kilometers by road away Waima rich. In 2017, the school counted around 500 students, divided into grades 7 to 13. The Okaihau Primery School covers grades 1 to 6 and in 2016 had around 160 students.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Okaihau . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 169 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Okaihau . Statistics New Zealand , accessed August 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed August 20, 2017 .
- ^ Neubauer: Okaihau . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 169 .
- ^ A b Okaihau & Districts Schools Centennial Committee (Ed.): Okaihau and districts schools centenary 1874-1974 . Okaihau 1974.
- ↑ a b Our History . Okaihau College , accessed August 20, 2017 .
- ^ Okaihau Primary School . Education Review Office , September 26, 2016, accessed August 20, 2017 .