Bunnythorpe
| Bunnythorpe | ||
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 17 ′ S , 175 ° 38 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-MWT | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Manawatu-Wanganui | |
| District | Palmerston North City | |
| Ward | Papaioea Ward | |
| Residents | 843 (2013) | |
| height | 53 m | |
| Post Code | 4470 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 6 | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Historic Glaxo company building |
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Bunnythorpe is a suburb of Palmerston North in the Manawatu-Wanganui region on the North Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The place is named after Henry Bunny , who was Secretary-Treasurer of the Wellington Province Council from 1853 to 1876 .
geography
Bunnythorpe is around 8 km north of downtown Palmerston North , nestled in the gently rolling landscape of the Manawatu Plains . About 8 km northwest is Feilding and about 10 km east Ashhurst . Several streams ran through the village in a south-westerly direction, of which the Mangaone Stream is the largest.
history
Bunnythorpe was part of the Manawatu District until 2012 , but was assigned to Palmerston North City that year, which expanded to the north.
Parts of the origins of the multinational GlaxoSmithKline lie in Bunnythorpe . In 1904 Joseph Nathan and his sons founded a company for the production of baby food from the milk of the surrounding farms and named their product " Glaxo ". In the 1930s it was marketed under the advertising slogan " Glaxo builds bonny babies ". Production in Bunnythorpe ceased in 1973. Glaxo became a major pharmaceutical manufacturer and, after several mergers, became part of the British group GlaxoSmithKline in 2000 .
economy
The place is a service center for the surrounding dairy farms. There are some smaller industrial companies.
The state power grid operator Transpower operates the Bunnythorpe Substation northeast of the town center . The large distribution station is an important junction in the high-voltage network of the southern North Island. It also serves the northern and eastern parts of Palmerston North and the Manawatu District .
The former factory for dry milk production was rebuilt in 1979 for the production of BMX bikes . The " Pantha " brand was New Zealand's first BMX bike brand, New Zealand's first BMX track was set up and New Zealand's first BMX club was founded.
Infrastructure
Road traffic
The main access roads to the site are the Railway Road from Palmerston North , the Ashhurst-Bunnythorpe Road from Ashhurst , the Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road from the west and the Campbell Road from the north from Feilding .
There is no state highway through the town itself . The New Zealand State Highway 54 branches off from State Highway 3 southwest of Bunnythorpe and passes the village 5 km west.
Rail transport
The place owes its existence to the railway. New Zealand's main railway line, the North Island Main Trunk Railway , ran over state-owned land here. It was planned to build two places, Bunnythorpe and Mugby Junction on the other side of the railway line. In 1878 a link between the North Island Main Trunk Railway and the Napier Line was proposed here. At the time, 1/4 acre lots were selling for £ 100 . The plans and thus Mugby Junction were discarded and the connection was instead built in Palmerston North .
The trains between Wellington and Auckland run through the town, the nearest train station is in Palmerston North .
Air traffic
The Palmerston North Airport is located 5 km south of Bunnythorpe in Milson . National scheduled flights are possible from there.
Education
In Bunnythorpe there is a primary school, which as of 2014 had 4 teachers, 2 classes and 31 students.
Sports
There is a rugby club and a country club in Bunnythorpe .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Stoney Creek . Statistics New Zealand , accessed May 25, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e f ourregion.co.nz on Bunnythorpe, accessed October 25, 2014
- ^ Janine Rankin : Railway remnants become part of Palmerston North's heritage . In: Manawatu - Standard . Fairfax Media , October 28, 2015, accessed May 25, 2017 .
- ↑ bmxmuseum.com on the Pantha brand, accessed on October 25, 2014
- ^ Website of the Bunnythorpe School
- ↑ Te Kete Ipurangi - school database, accessed on 25 October 2014