Moerewa

Moerewa is a small town in the Far North district in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand. It has 80 % of the population an unusually high proportion of Māori. The village is located about 10 km southwest of the Bay of Islands and 5 kilometers west of Kawakawa.

At the 2006 census, the city had 1536 inhabitants, 126 less than in 2001.

It is a service center for the surrounding agriculture, the main source of income is the meat processing. In the economic crisis of the 1990s, the economy of the town was hit and unemployment rose. Therefore, the population decreases in recent years.

Education

The school of the village is a composite school for grades 1-15 with a decile rating of 1 and 2009, 213 students. The school opened in 1913, in early 2005, it merged with the Otiria School.

Transport

Moerewa is located on State Highway 1, about 5 km west of its connection with the State Highway 10

Moerewa was formerly at the Opua branch line of the North Auckland Line. The railway was originally built as a connection between the Bay of Islands and Whangarei and opened on 13 April 1911. From December 1925 to November 1956 drove the Northland Express by Moerewa and offered a direct flight to Auckland. After setting its passengers between Opuha and Whangarei were transported with mixed passenger and freight trains until the passenger traffic was abandoned completely on 18 July 1976. 1985, freight traffic was stopped and dismantled the distance from Moerewa to Kawakawa. The route from the current endpoint Otiria to Moerewa is received, but is not used.