Manawatu-Wanganui

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Manawatu-Whanganui Region,
Horizons Region
Geographical location
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Local authority
Country New Zealand
island North island
Local authority region
Council Horizons Regional Council
Headquarters of the administration Palmerston North
founding 1989
Telephone code +64 (0) 6
Website www.horizons.govt.nz
geography
Region ISO NZ-MWT
Coordinates 40 ° 21 ′  S , 175 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 21 ′  S , 175 ° 37 ′  E
Highest elevation 2797 m
surface 22nd 220  km 2
Residents 222 672 (2013)
Population density 10.02 inhabitants per km 2
Statistical data
Public revenue NZ $ 57.4 million  (2015)
Public expenditure NZ $ 49.5 million  (2015)
Number of households 99 900 (2013)
Ø income NZ $ 25,000  (2013)
Māori population 19.6% (2013)

The Manawatū-Whanganui region is the second largest administrative region in the North Island of New Zealand . The region administration, which is based in Palmerston North , renamed the region in 2003 with Horizons Region . The council has been called the Horizons Regional Council since then . On the government side and as a geographical location, the region is still called Manawatu-Wanganui and the Manawatū-Whanganui Region Council .

geography

Geographical location

The Manawatū-Whanganui region covers a large part of the central to southern area of ​​the North Island with 22,220 km² of pure land. With 222,672 inhabitants counted in 2013, the region has a population density of 10.0 inhabitants per km², making it the region with the second lowest population density on the North Island.

There are two large national parks in the region, Whanganui National Park and part of Tongariro National Park with the highest volcanoes in the country, Mount Ruapehu , Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Tongariro . With parts of the Tararua Range and the Ruahine Range , two other important mountain ranges lie in the region. The Whanganui River is by far the longest and most important river in the region.

Palmerston North (2013) is by far the largest cities in the region with 80,079 inhabitants , followed by Whanganui with 38,088 inhabitants (2013) and Levin with around 19,500 inhabitants.

climate

The sunniest areas of the district are in the long bay between Wanganui and Levin with between 1900 and 2000 hours of sunshine per year and on the east coast with around 1950 hours per year. Inland, the hours of sunshine range from 1850 to less than 1700, depending on the location and mountain region. The mean daytime temperatures in summer range between 17 and 22 ° C, and below that at higher altitudes. In winter they do not get above 6 ° C. The precipitation per year is usually between 1000 and 1400 mm, at higher altitudes up to over 2000 mm.

history

The Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council was founded by administrative reform in 1989 through the merger of the Catchment Boards, Drainage Boards, Pest Destruction Boards, United Councils and the Noxious Plant Authorities . In 1999, the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council adopted the brand name horizons.mw for the region. In 2003 the council changed this brand name again to what is now Horizons . The Council of the Region has been the Horizons Regional Council since then . However, the geographical name of the region has not changed and is still called Manawatū-Whanganui , which can always be irritating.

population

Population development

Of the 222,672 inhabitants of the region in 2013, 43,596 people were of Māori origin (19.6%). This means that 7.3% of the country's Māori population lived in the Manawatū-Whanganui region . The median income in the population in 2013 was NZ $ 25,000  compared to NZ $ 28,500 national average.

Origin and languages

In the 2013 census, 81.3% said they belonged to an ethnic group because they were European, 20.6% said they had Māori roots, 3.5% came from the islands of the Pacific and 5 , 1% came from Asia (multiple answers were possible). 14.1% of the population said they were born overseas and 5.0% of the population spoke Māori , 21.4% of the Māori .

politics

administration

The Manawatū-Whanganui region has a board of directors called the Horizons Regional Council , which is led by a chairman . The council has twelve elected councilors representing six constituencies , Palmerston North with four councilors , Manawatū-Rangitikei , Horowhenua-Kairanga and Whanganui with two each, and Ruapehu and Tararua with one councilor each. The council members, who choose the chairman from their ranks, are re-elected every three years.

Furthermore, the region is divided into ten districts and an independent city:

While the regional administration is responsible for the inland and coastal waters, for the ports, for land, air, erosion, disaster control, transport planning and regional development, the administrations of the districts are responsible for all other concerns of the citizens and the matters which are in a Local authority must be regulated.

economy

The economy in the region is dominated by agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and tourism.

The former Manawatū-Whanganui region was known for its rural economy, which led , among other things, to the establishment of a university for agriculture in the 1920s , which taught the scientific cultivation of fields and the breeding of animals. The government wanted to develop the two regions of Canterbury and Manawatū-Whanganui as agricultural centers. In 1996 there were around 7,216,000 sheep in the region. This put the region on the North Island in a top position in the statistics and in fourth place in New Zealand after Canterbury , Southland and Otago .

traffic

The region is served by the three New Zealand State Highways 1 , 3 and 4 , which cross the region as the main traffic routes, and State Highway 2 , which grazes the region to the east. Furthermore, numerous state highways , whose serial numbers are in the two-digit range, connect parts of the region with one another.

Web links

Commons : Manawatu-Whanganui Region  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Manawatu-Wanganui  - Travel Guide
  • Homepage . Horizons Regional Council,accessed June 24, 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council . Horizons Regional Council , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  2. ^ New Zealand Gazetteer: Search for Place Names . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Manawatu-Wanganui - Population and dwellings . Statistics New Zealand , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  4. ^ A b Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council . In: Local Councils . Department of Internal Affairs , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  6. ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Palmerston North City - Population and dwellings . Statistics New Zealand , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  7. ^ Diana Beaglehole : Whanganui places - Whanganui . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , June 10, 2015, accessed June 24, 2016 .
  8. ^ PR Chappell : The Climate and Weather of Manawatu-Wanganui . In: NIWA Science and Technologies Series . 2nd Edition. Number 66 . National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research , 2015, ISSN 1173-0382 , p.   15, 22, 27 (English, online PDF 2.5 MB [accessed on June 23, 2016]).
  9. ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Manawatu-Wanganui - Cultural diversity . Statistics New Zealand , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  10. ^ Your Councilors . Horizons Regional Council , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Glossary . In: Local Councils . Department of Internal Affairs , accessed June 24, 2016 .
  12. ^ Accelerate 25 Regional Growth . Horizons Regional Council , accessed June 24, 2016 .