Wellsford
| Wellsford | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 18 ′ S , 174 ° 31 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-AUK | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Auckland | |
| District | Auckland Council | |
| Ward | Rodney Ward | |
| Residents | 1 698 (2013) | |
| height | 80 m | |
| Post Code | 0900 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 9 | |
| UN / LOCODE | NZ WLF | |
| website | www.wellsford.co.nz | |
| Remarks | ||
| belonged to the Rodney District until October 2010 | ||
Wellsford is a town in what is now the Auckland Council on the North Island of New Zealand . The city belonged to the former Rodney District until the end of October 2010 , which was subordinated to the newly formed Auckland Council on November 1, 2010 as Rodney Ward .
Origin of name
The name of the place is said to have been formed from a local tradition from the first letters of the settler families of the region: Watson, Edger, Lester, Levet, Simpson, Foster, Oldfield, Ramsbottom and Dibble .
geography
The city is located around 17 km northwest of Warkworth and around 65 km north-northwest of downtown Auckland , northeast of the Whanaki River , which flows around 11 km southwest into the Tauhoa River and this into the Kaipara Harbor . The New Zealand State Highway 1 runs through Wellsford and connects the city with Warkworth in the southeast and with the city center of Auckland in the south and connects with Whangarei to the north . In the city, the New Zealand State Highway 16 branches off to the southwest and connects Wellsford with Helensville, about 43 km away .
history
Settlers arrived from England in the early 1960s and settled in Port Albert on the Kaipara Coast , about 10 km west of Wellsford . These settlers named themselves after Albert von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha , the husband of Queen Victoria " Albertlanders ". They were a split from the Anglican Church looking for a new place to settle. However, not many of the settlers arrived in Port Albert and they found it difficult to make a living here. The majority of the Albertlanders therefore moved on to more fertile areas inland and founded the Wellsford settlement .
population
In the 2013 census, the town had 1698 inhabitants, 1.6% more than in the 2006 census.
Education
In Wellsford there are several educational institutions: with the Wellsford School and Tapora School has the place through two primary schools with grades 1 to 8. In 2014 visited Wells Ford School 342 students and in 2016 the Tapora School 25 students. The Rodney College is a secondary school with grades 9 to 15. In 2016 there visited 370 pupils to the school. With the Living Way Christian School , the town has a private composite school with grades 1 to 15. In 2014, 18 students attended the school.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Wellsford . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 97 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Wellsford . Statistics New Zealand , accessed October 27, 2017 .
- ^ A b Margaret McClure : Auckland places - Kaipara Harbor and kauri towns . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , August 5, 2016, accessed October 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed October 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Phil Taylo : How not to rob a Bank . In: New Zealand Herald . NZME. Publishing , October 14, 2006, accessed October 27, 2017 .
- ^ Wellsford School . Education Review Office , accessed October 27, 2017 .
- ^ Tapora School . Education Review Office , accessed October 25, 2017 .
- ^ Rodney College . Education Review Office , accessed October 25, 2017 .
- ^ Living Way Christian School . Education Review Office , accessed October 25, 2017 .