Rangitikei District

Rangitikei is a district in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies mainly in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region, a small part in the northeast of the district is located in the Hawke's Bay region.

Geography

The district is bounded on the southeast by the Manawatu, in the east, the South - Hawke's Bay district and the Hastings district close (both Hawke's Bay region ) on. In the north of Taupo district and in the west of Ruapehu District and the Wanganui District follows. The southern border is the Tasman Sea, more specifically the South Taranaki Bight. To the north, the area increases to the Central Volcanic Plateau, the central volcanic plateau of the North Island, on.

Through the district flows one of the largest rivers of New Zealand; he gave the district its name: the Rangitikei River. Mostly located in the northern areas of the district and the Whangaehu River.

Towns

The largest town of the Rangitikei District is Marton with 4752 inhabitants ( 2001). Other places are Taihape with about 2000, with about 1800 Bulls and Huntersville with 507 inhabitants ( 2001).