Broadwood (New Zealand)
| Broadwood | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 16 ′ S , 173 ° 24 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-NTL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Northland | |
| District | Far North District | |
| Ward | Kaikohe-Hokianga Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 80 m | |
| Post Code | 0491 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 9 | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Broadwood Area School |
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Broadwood is a small settlement in the Far North District of Northland on the North Island of New Zealand .
geography
Broadwood is around 15 km north of Hokianga Harbor and around 17 km east of Herekino . The New Zealand State Highway 1 passes the settlement 10 km northeast.
history
The Broadwood area was settled by Europeans in the 1880s and an access road from Takahue to Motukaraka was built on Hokianga Harbor . A dirt road through Te Karae Valley to Kohukohu was built in 1908.
education
The Broadwood Area School is a composite school for grades 1-15 with a decile rating of 1. She had in 2009 135 students. There was a state-sponsored school in Broadwood from 1895 to 1904. The current school was founded in 1908. It became a district high school in 1952 , and in 1973 it was given area school status .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topo250 maps - Northland . Land Information New Zealand , accessed May 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Nearby Broadwood and Runaruna . In: Olive Harris and Chris Lancaster (eds.): Remember the Hokianga 2006, p. 89, ISBN 978-0-473-11859-4 .
- ↑ Broadwood Area School (X366) . National register of Archives and Manuscripts , archived from the original on October 15, 2008 ; accessed on August 8, 2014 .