Wai-iti (New Zealand)
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 26 ′ S , 173 ° 0 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-TAS | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Tasman | |
| District | Tasman District | |
| Ward | Lakes-Murchison Ward | |
| Residents | few | |
| height | 96 m | |
| Post Code | 7095 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
Wai-iti is a small settlement in the Tasman District on the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The name of the settlement means "little river" in the Māori language .
geography
The settlement is located around 29 km southwest of Nelson , directly on New Zealand State Highway 6 between Foxhill , around 2.5 km southwest and Wakefield , around 4.5 km northeast. The Wai-iti River flows through the settlement and flows further northeast into the Waimea River .
history
Wai-iti received a rail connection to Nelson through the first section of the Nelson Railway, opened in 1876 . After several extensions to the Gowan Bridge , the line was finally closed on September 3, 1955 and then dismantled.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has registered three buildings in the area as historic buildings:
- two hop kilns on Hoult Valley Road West
- former train station on State Highway 6
economy
Hops are grown in the vicinity of the village.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Wai-iti . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 1011 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Neubauer: Wai-iti . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 1011 .
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed September 5, 2017 .
- ^ The Nelson Railway ... to Nowhere . TheProw.org.nz , accessed January 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Wai-iti Hop Kiln. Historic Place Category 2. In: New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero . Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga , February 15, 1990, accessed September 25, 2019 .
- ^ Cob Hop Kiln. Historic Place Category 2. In: New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero . Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga , February 15, 1990, accessed September 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Lost heritage 2010-2015 - Wai-iti Railway Station, Wai-iti . Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga , accessed September 25, 2019 .