Rangiahua

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Rangiahua is a settlement in the Far North district in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located near the north end of the Hokianga Harbour on State Highway 1 Umawera located about 6 km north-west, 12 km east Okaihau. The Waipapa River runs through the city, the highway crosses him here on a bridge. Shortly thereafter flows into the river in the Hokianga Harbour.

Rangiahua almost became New Zealand 's most northerly railway endpoint. In 1923, the Okaihau branch line, opened a branch line from Otiria for North Auckland Line and began to work on an extension to the Hokianga Harbour and Kaitaia. The cost of the route, however, was diskuitiert controversial. It was a compromise, after Rangiahua the end point should be. The work continued in the 1920s, slow and were set during the Great Depression, even though the track was already almost completed. New Zealand's northernmost railway tunnel was finished and built the rail yard and the platform in Rangiahua. 1936, a new study on the future of the route was turned on and we came to the conclusion that an extension beyond Rangiahua not economical and the portion of Okaihau after Rangiahua was not viable. The rails and the railway equipment were dismantled for further use in other locations. Today, the State Highway 1 runs through the station, the platform is to the west, a loading ramp west of the road.