Taumarunui

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Taumarunui
Geographical location
Taumarunui (New Zealand)
Taumarunui
Coordinates 38 ° 53 ′  S , 175 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 53 ′  S , 175 ° 16 ′  E
Region ISO NZ-MWT
Country New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
region Manawatu-Wanganui
District Ruapehu District
Ward Taumarunui Ward
Administrative headquarters The seat of administration for the Ruapehu District
Local foundation 1874
Residents 4th 503 (2013)
height 173 m
Post Code 3920
Telephone code +64 (0) 6
UN / LOCODE NZ TAU
website www.taumarunui.co.nz
Photography of the place
NZL-taumarunui-Hauptstr.jpg
Main street in Taumarunui

Taumarunui is a city in the Ruapehu District on the North Island of New Zealand . The city is the seat of the Ruapehu District Council .

Origin of name

The city's name is attributed to an event when the local Māori - Chief PEhi Taroa was dying and his last words to " taumaru nui " asked for shade from the sun. In the language of the Māori means " taumaru " as much as "somewhat protective against the sun" (today screen) and " nui " is "great" for.

geography

The city is located around 44 km west of Lake Taupo and around 52 km northwest of the Ruapehu volcano on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River .

history

The area around the confluence of the Ongarue River with the Whanganui River was already a preferred and important settlement area under the Māori and later a conveniently located junction for trade for Pākehā (white immigrants). In 1874 , Alexander Bell was the first European settler to set up a trading post at the site of what would later become Taumarunui . A street, Bell Road , was named after him in his honor.

After the formal end of the New Zealand Wars in 1881, the British crown made it possible to buy land in the Taumarunui area and most of the land sales took place between the early 1880s and the 1890s. In 1906 Taumarunui was upgraded to a borough and with the arrival of the railway line in 1908 the place experienced a steady upswing. But it was not until 1934 that the place aroused greater interest among European settlers. Until the construction of the railway, shipping on the Whanganui River was the only safe way of transporting goods of all kinds. At that time, tourists had the opportunity to take a three-day tour with a steamboat from Whanganui up the Whanganui River to Taumarunui . But the railroad and road connections to the place let this type of travel expire in 1934.

Population and economy

In the 2013 census, Die Stadt had 4503 inhabitants, 10.9% fewer than in the 2006 census.

Taumarunui is not only the administrative center of the Ruapehu District , but also a commercial and service center for the surrounding area. There one lives from the dairy industry, but also from sheep and cattle breeding as well as from the rearing of deer. In addition to meat processing companies, there are wool and fur traders in the city. Also Taumarunui a hub for live cattle.

Infrastructure and tourism

Road traffic

Rail transport

Air traffic

  • Around 4 km north of Taumarunui there is a small airfield near Taringamotu with a grass runway around 1287 m long.

tourism

literature

  • Helga Neubauer: Taumarunui . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 510 f .

Web links

Commons : Taumarunui  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Homepage . Enterprising Taumarunui Inc,accessed October 16, 2017.
  • Taumarunui History . Taumarunui Tourism, archived from the original onApril 8, 2005; accessed on September 17, 2014(English, original website no longer available).

Individual evidence

  1. a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Tarangower , Taumarunui Central, Sunshine-Hospital Hill and Manunui . Statistics New Zealand , accessed on October 16, 2017 (English, StatsMap: Meshblock analysis from the interactive map).
  2. a b c Taumarunui History . Taumarunui Tourism , archived from the original on April 8, 2005 ; accessed on September 17, 2014 (English, original website no longer available).
  3. a b Neubauer: Taumarunui . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 511 .
  4. a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed October 16, 2017 .
  5. ^ Neubauer: Taumarunui . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 510 .
  6. ^ Taumarunui Airport . Airport Guide , accessed on October 16, 2017 .