Tirau
| Tirau | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 59 ′ S , 175 ° 45 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-WKO | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Waikato | |
| District | South Waikato District | |
| Ward | Tirau Ward | |
| Residents | 690 (2013) | |
| height | 111 m | |
| Post Code | 3410 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 7 | |
| website | tirauinfo.co.nz | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Main Road, New Zealand State Highway 1 |
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Tirau is a village in the South Waikato District of the Waikato Regionon the North Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The name of the village means "many cabbage trees " (Cordyline australis) in the Māori language .
geography
The village is located around 27 km southeast of Cambridge and around 29 km north-northwest of Tokoroa , not far from the foothills of the 700 m high former caldera , a volcano that erupted around 240,000 years ago. The Oraka Stream flows on the southeast side of the village and flows into the Waihou River east of Matamata .
The New Zealand State Highway 1 runs through Tirau and connects the village directly with Putaruru , around 8 km to the south . The New Zealand State Highway 5 branches off to the east from Tirau and the New Zealand State Highway 27 to the north .
history
In the 19th century Tirau was planned as a large place called Oxford . The enterprising Rose family bought a lot of land to speculate on, but failed, and so Oxford became a relatively insignificant agricultural village, which was renamed Tirau in 1896 . At the end of the 1980s, Tirau was almost a ghost town.
In 1991 Henry Clothier had the idea to open an antique shop in the former Roses shop because of the low property prices in the village . Many others followed him, so that today Tirau is a popular place for a stop on the journey on State Highway 1 , on the one hand to buy antiques or on the other hand to buy original or kitsch. Almost all shops have corrugated iron sculptures or are made entirely of corrugated iron . B. a shop for wool products in the form of a giant sheep or the tourist office as a large dog.
population
In the 2013 census, the town had 690 inhabitants, 5.7% less than in the 2006 census.
Attractions
Not to be overlooked are the corrugated iron buildings that look like animal figures. They tempt a lot of people passing through to stop in the village. In 2000 the toy museum The Castle was opened in a castle-like building .
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Tirau . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 323 .
Web links
- Homepage . Tirau Info,accessed on October 19, 2017(English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Tirau . Statistics New Zealand , accessed October 19, 2017 .
- ^ Neubauer: Tirau . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 323 .
- ↑ Spectacular natural phenomenon: rumbling geyser brings residents out of sleep. In: n-tv Panorama. n-tv Nachrichtenfernsehen GmbH, November 28, 2016, accessed on October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed October 19, 2017 .