Milton,formerly known as Tokomairiro or Tokomairaro,is a town of over 2,000 people,located on State Highway 1,50 kilometres to the south of Dunedin in Otago,New Zealand. It lies on the floodplain of the Tokomairaro River,one branch of which loops past the north and south ends of the town. This river gives its name to many local features,notably the town's only secondary school,Tokomairiro High School.
Papakura railway station is a railway station in Papakura,New Zealand,on the Southern Line of the Auckland railway network.
Robert Coulter was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
William Cowper Smith was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Dove-Myer Robinson Park,more commonly known as the Parnell Rose Garden,is a park in Parnell,Auckland,New Zealand. The park is named after Dove-Myer Robinson,the longest-serving mayor of Auckland,who served for 18 years. There are over 5,000 roses in the garden. Some of the plants in the garden have been bred by internationally celebrated rose breeders.
Ōtaki railway station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk railway line serving Ōtaki in the Kapiti Coast District of New Zealand. It is served by the Capital Connection long distance commuter train between Wellington and Palmerston North.
William Australia Graham was a New Zealand surveyor,mediator,farmer,politician and mayor. He was born in Auckland,New Zealand,on 22 November 1841,the third son of George Graham. He went to Clewer House School,Windsor,and Hele's School,Exeter and returned home in 1854.
Manakau railway station was a station at Manakau in Horowhenua District on the Wellington–Manawatu section of the North Island Main Trunk in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The station was sometimes known as Manukau and officially changed to Manakau on 28 February 1900. It opened in 1886 and closed in 1982. A shed,a hut and a passing loop remain at the site of the station.
A railway refreshment room is a catering facility attached to a railway station that was formerly common in Britain,Australia,New Zealand,and other countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. They were opened in the 19th century to serve passengers when trains did not convey catering facilities,and thus served passengers en route. Refreshment rooms were similar to tearooms,and generally served a variety of hot drinks,pastries,cakes,and light meals. With the introduction of buffet and restaurant cars,their importance began to decline.
Te Kuiti railway station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. The station was important in the growth of Te Kuiti.
Ormondville is a locality in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located inland,south of Waipukurau and west of Flemington,Hawke's Bay.
Novelty was a barque-rigged iron paddle steamer,built at Sydney in 1863.
Kakahi was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line,in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand,serving Kakahi. It formally opened on 9 November 1908. The rails were laid south of Piriaka by May 1904 and a daily ballast train was running by October,which also carried passengers. Kakahi Bridge has five spans of 44 ft (13 m) and one of 23 ft (7.0 m) supplied by G. Fraser &Sons of Auckland,which delayed construction to the south. It crosses the Kakahi Stream,which was sometimes called the Waitea River.
Phoenix Foundry,often printed as Phœnix,was an engineering company in Auckland from 1861 to 1952. By 1900 it was on the verge of bankruptcy,but also Auckland's largest engineering works,supplying a wide range of goods and often leading in the design of equipment used to exploit the country's resources,such as timber and flax mills,crushers for gold ore and locomotives,pumps,cement and gas works and steamers. The foundry started with engineer,George Fraser,and a handful of employees,but grew to employ hundreds and operated under several names,including Fraser and Tinne and George Fraser &Sons Ltd.
Turangarere was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk line,in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand,in the Hautapu River valley. It was 3.05 km (1.90 mi) south of Hīhītahi and 3.91 km (2.43 mi) north of Ngaurukehu. Turangarere is part way up a 1 in 70 gradient from Mataroa to Hīhītahi,so that it is 62 m (203 ft) above Ngaurukehu and 39 m (128 ft) below Hīhītahi. The station was on a horseshoe curve,formed to avoid an even steeper gradient,by adding about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the route. Only a single track now remains through the former station site.
Isaac Coates (1840–1932) was mayor of Hamilton from 1888 to 1892,a farmer,flax-miller,and a drainage and railway contractor.
Makotuku is a locality in the Manawatu-Whanganui Region of New Zealand's North Island,about 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) west of Ormondville.
Hatuma is 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Waipukurau,in Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. Meshblock 7016748,which covers 19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi) from the edge of Waipukurau to Marakeke,had a population of 153 in 2018.
Piripiri is a sparsely populated area in the Manawatū-Whanganui region,on State Highway 2 and the Palmerston North–Gisborne line. It is 3 mi 8 ch (5.0 km) north of Dannevirke,and has 150 people scattered over a meshblock of 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi).
