Hawera

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Hawera
Geographical location
Hawera (New Zealand)
Hawera
Coordinates 39 ° 35 ′  S , 174 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 35 ′  S , 174 ° 17 ′  E
Region ISO NZ-TKI
Country New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
region Taranaki
District South Taranaki District
Ward Hawera-Normanby Ward
Administrative headquarters Seat of Administration for the South Taranaki District
Residents 8th 514 (2013)
height 106 m
Post Code 4610
Telephone code +64 (0) 6
UN / LOCODE NZ HAW
Photography of the place
Hawera Water Tower.jpg
Hawera water tower

Hawera is a town in the South Taranaki District of the Taranaki Regionon the North Island of New Zealand . It is the seat of the administration of the district and the South Taranaki District Council .

Origin of name

Hawera means "burned place" in Māori . The name arose from the fighting between two local tribes in which the houses of the attacked were set on fire. Due to different oral traditions, other translations such as “fire breath” or “burning plane” are also possible.

geography

Hawera is located around 28 km south of Stratford and around 75 km northwest of Wanganui , on the coast to South Taranaki Bight , the coastal strip on which the city is located.

history

Associating the name Hawera with "burnt place" proved appropriate when the town suffered extensive fires in 1884, 1888 and 1912. For this reason, a large water tower was built in the city center and to increase the water pressure in the pipe network. It became one of the most famous landmarks of Hawera and Taranaki . In 2001 the tower was closed to the public because it was in disrepair and reopened in 2004 after extensive restoration.

population

At the 2013 census, Hawera had 8,514 inhabitants, 1.76% more than at the 2006 census.

economy

Hawera is the location of the largest dairy in the southern hemisphere, " Whareroa ". This has its own gas-fired power plant. The complex grew out of a factory built in 1975 by the former Kiwi Co-operative Dairies . Today the owner is the Fonterra Co-operative Group .

Infrastructure

Road traffic

The New Zealand State Highway 3 , which runs through the southern and western parts of the city, connects Hawera with Wanganui in the east and with the southern part of the North Island of New Zealand. To the north, the highway connects the city with Eltham , Stratford and New Plymouth . In the southwest of the city, the New Zealand State Highway 45 branches off to the west and connects the coastal towns of Taranaki s to the city.

Rail transport

On August 1, 1881, the railway line of the Marton – New Plymouth Line , which ran through Hawera , was put into operation. Since the cessation of passenger traffic between Wellington and New Plymouth on July 30, 1977, only freight trains have been running on the route.

Attractions

The Tawhiti Museum is located in Hawera . The museum shows scenes from local history with the help of life-size wax figures, and models of fortified villages ( Pā ) of the Māori can be seen.

Personalities

See also

literature

Web links

  • Hawera . South Taranaki District Council,accessed January 12, 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hawera . In: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . 1966.
  2. ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 8, 2017 .
  3. ^ D. Nimmo Scott : Views of Hawera: before and after the fire . Hawera 1895 (English).
  4. ↑ Arthur Fryer, Nigel Ogle : Hawera's on fire . Ed .: Hawera Historical Society . Hawera 2003 (English).
  5. ↑ Craig Stevenson, Hugo Jackson : Hawera Water Tower Restoration . (PDF 4.8 MB) Contech , archived from the original ; accessed on January 12, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  6. ↑ The districts of Hawera North, West and South combined:
  7. ^ Nigel Ogle : " Nigel Ogle's Tawhiti Museum, " published by the museum in the 1990s