Mapua, New Zealand

Mapua is a place in the region in the north of the South Island of New Zealand Tasman.

Geography

Mapua located on the Tasman Bay between Nelson and Richmond and Motueka in the southeast to the northwest. Rabbit Iceland is located vis- à -vis the State Highway 60 passes through the city. In census 2006 1.878 inhabitants were counted in Mapua.

History

Prove bone and tool finds that the area was settled around Mapua early on by the Māori. Since there is no evidence of weapons production and cannibalism, it is believed that the natives of New Zealand quite peaceful living in this area. The lack of experience of war should have become their undoing, as in the 1820s the Maori leaders coming subjugated the northern areas of the South Island Te Rauparaha of the North Island. After Arthur Wakefield was landed on 8 October 1841 in the Tasman Bay, he found just before a small Māori population.

1854 bought James S. Crossland in today's local area of ​​Mapua, James Heatly was the first settler in the region. The port area was known as the Western Entrance and the community under the name Seaton, as FI Ledger to 1910, the city was founded drove forward and for the place the name Mapua chose. 1912, the first post office was opened in the following years, Mapua was connected to the national road network.

In the 20th century it was one of the phases, the most polluted areas in New Zealand because of pesticide residues of a now disused factory. By means of an extensive and costly decontamination of the environment have been eliminated all pollutants.