Puhoi

Puhoi is a small town north of Auckland in New Zealand which has a nearly 150 -year-old settlement history of Bohemian settlers.

The word Puhoi is in the Maori language for slow, weak, dull, and the like.

Geography

Puhoi Puhoi situated on the River, located approximately 50 km north of Auckland and can be reached via the north-trending cross New Zealand State Highway 1. The place was until October 2010 assigned administratively to the Rodney District and has been part of the political order from 1 November 2010 to the Auckland Council.

Population

In the census of 2006 4.041 inhabitants are for the statistical unit Tauhoa - Puhoi, which includes the space around Puhoi with a northwestern extension specified. 1996 people lived there in 2928 and 2001, there were 3,339 inhabitants. Puhoi even decreed in 2008 with 173 households about 493 inhabitants.

History

→ Main article: Bohemian settlement of Puhoi

Puhoi was founded on 29 June 1863 by a group of Czech immigrants under the leadership of Martin Krippner. Under the promise of 40 acres of free land for every adult to get plus 20 acres for each child 5-18 years of age, came six groups of settlers in the years 1863 to 1875 and thereby gave the town the nickname of " Bohemian Settlement ".

Today

In addition to the church of St Peter and St Paul, which is registered in the category I of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as worthy of protection monument, the village has a school, a hotel, a Centennial Hall and a shop that of all its origins in the time have colonization. In the building of an in- use 1923-1964 Catholic Primary School there is now a museum. Among the smaller business enterprises of the town is a cheese factory, which markets its products nationally known under the name of the place.