Massey University is a university based in New Zealand,with significant campuses in Auckland,Palmerston North,and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 27,533 students,18,358 of whom study either partly or fully by distance. Research is undertaken on all three campuses and people from over 130 countries study at the university. Data from the 2017 annual report shows that 42% of the domestic students are based in Auckland,38% in Palmerston North and 20% in Wellington.
Palmerston North is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains,the city is near the north bank of the Manawatu River,35 km (22 mi) from the river's mouth,and 12 km (7 mi) from the end of the ManawatūGorge,about 140 km (87 mi) north of the capital,Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's eighth-largest urban area,with an urban population of 82,500. The estimated population of Palmerston North city is 91,800.
ManawatūDistrict is a territorial authority district in the Manawatū-Whanganui local government region in the North Island of New Zealand,administered by ManawatūDistrict Council. It includes most of the area between the ManawatūRiver in the south and the Rangitīkei River in the north,stretching from slightly south of the settlement of Himatangi in the south,to just south of Mangaweka in the north,and from the Rangitīkei River to the top of the Ruahine Range in the east. It does not include the Foxton area and the mouth of the ManawatūRiver,or Palmerston North City. Its main town is Feilding. The district has an area of 2,624 km².
Palmerston North Boys' High School is a boys' school in Palmerston North,New Zealand.
The Capital Connection is a long-distance commuter train operated by KiwiRail between Palmerston North and the capital city of Wellington on the North Island Main Trunk.
The Oroua River is a river of the southwestern North Island of New Zealand.
The ManawatūStandard is the daily paper for the Manawatūregion based in Palmerston North. The ManawatūStandard has been recognised as one of the best in New Zealand being a finalist in the 2008 Qantas Media Award for best regional daily newspaper;it won the same category in 2007. It also won Best Headline and Student Journalist of the Year at the Qantas Media Awards 2017.
Turitea Wind Farm is a 222-megawatt wind farm near Turitea,Palmerston North,New Zealand. The farm is owned and operated by Mercury Energy.
Jonathan Mark Naylor,commonly known as Jono Naylor,is a New Zealand politician from Palmerston North. He was Mayor of Palmerston North from 2007 until 2014,when he was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2014 election as a list MP for the National Party. He did not stand for re-election as an MP in 2017. In 2018 he was elected to Horizons Regional Council in the by-election following the death of Councillor Pat Kelly. He was re-elected to Horizons in the 2019 local election and was appointed as Horizons deputy chair.
The mayor of Palmerston North is the head of the municipal government of Palmerston North,New Zealand,and presides over the Palmerston North City Council. The current mayor is Grant Smith,who became mayor in a February 2015 by-election. This resulted from the resignation of Jono Naylor in October 2014 after his election to the House of Representatives. Since the 2013 election,Palmerston North is one of the few councils that uses the single transferable vote electoral system for the election of mayor.
The Mayor of Manawatu officiates over the ManawatūDistrict of New Zealand.
The 2016 New Zealand local elections were triennial local elections to select local government officials and District Health Board members. Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001,a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001,meaning 8 October 2016.
Darroch Leicester Ball is a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand First party.
Andrew Geoffrey Watson is the Mayor of Rangitikei District in Manawatū-Whanganui,New Zealand. He was elected as Mayor of Rangitikei on 12 October 2013,defeating incumbent mayor Chalky Leary. Watson was re-elected in 2016,2019,and 2022.
Teanau Tuiono is a New Zealand politician. In 2020 he became a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives as a representative of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Cornerstone Christian School is an integrated co-educational Area School for Years 1–13 in the city of Palmerston North,New Zealand. The school is divided by an administrative block between the junior and senior areas,after the senior area the newly installed intermediate block is situated.
Helen Joyce Worboys is a New Zealand local-body politician. She is the sixth Mayor of Manawatu,and has held the position since 2016.
Tangi William Edward Utikere is a New Zealand politician,and Member of Parliament for Palmerston North since 2020. He was the deputy mayor of Palmerston North from 2016 to 2020,being the first non-European to serve in that role.
Māori wards and constituencies refer to wards and constituencies on urban,district,and regional councils in New Zealand that represent local constituents registered on the Māori parliamentary electoral roll vote. Like Māori electorates within the New Zealand Parliament,the purpose of Māori wards and constituencies is to ensure that Māori are represented in local government decision making.
