Ahititi
| Ahititi | ||
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 52 ′ S , 174 ° 36 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-TKI | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Taranaki | |
| District | New Plymouth District | |
| Ward | North Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 20 m | |
| Post Code | 4378 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 6 | |
Ahititi is a small settlement in the Taranaki region ofthe North Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
Its name means in the language of the Māori dismantled: ahi = "cooking fire" and titi = " Petrels ".
geography
Ahititi is located directly on New Zealand State Highway 3 around 50 km northeast of New Plymouth . The North Taranaki Bight is only 5 km west of the village and is accessible to the north via State Highway 3 and the town of Tongaporutu and 28 km away via Mokau . Inland, the connection leads directly to the east via New Zealand State Highway 40 and the town of Kotare 16 km to the east .
South of Ahititi is the Mt Messenger Conservation Area with the 306 m high Mt Messanger as the highest mountain in the area and in the north of the village the area of the Hutiwai Conservation Area extends .
To the northeast of Ahititi , the Tongaporutu River flows past and flows into the Tasman Sea about 5 km northwest at Tongaporutu .
Education
With the Ahititi School, the settlement has a primary school with grades 1 to 8. In 2015, 20 students attended the school.
literature
- Parochial District of Saint Peter-by-the-Sea, Mokau: come unto me . Mokau (year of publication: approx. 1956).
- Ahititi / New Plymouth Centennial Committee / Aries (ed.): Tongaporutu Ahititi Okau centennial booklet , 1897–1997 . Ahititi 1997.
- Brian E. Gray : The Tongaporutu River Valley : a history of the combined districts of Tongaporutu, Ahititi, Okau, Kotare, Rerekapa , Inglewood . Ed .: Tongaporutu Historical Committee . 2000, ISBN 0-473-07216-5 .