Shannon, New Zealand

Shannon is a town in the Horowhenua District on the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 28 km southwest of Palmerston North and 15 kilometers northeast of Levin. The place had the Census 2006 1506 inhabitants.

The main industries of the district are dairy farming, sheep farming and farms. This 5 km to the east Managaho is the residential development of the hydropower plant of Mangahao. The Manawatu River is located west of the town.

Shannon was originally on the edge of extensive swamps and was a center of the linen industry. The country later, the city was built on the was part of a 1881 purchased by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company terrain of 870 km ². The company had originally planned to extend its railway line from Levin after Foxton, but then decided the terrain of Shannon to tap. The railway line was therefore placed on today's route via Shannon.

For the city's founding date March 8, 1887 is specified, this was the first auction of the land of the present-day city. Shannon is named after the director of the railway company WMR. It was awarded in 1917 the status of a Borough. The former station is the most important of the few remains of the WMR, which was acquired in 1908 by the State New Zealand Railways Department.

Shannon is now a stopover on the road link between Palmerston North and Wellington. It has two cafes, a dairy, a business for the country needs, two pubs, two fish and chips stands, a primary school, a gas station and an art gallery.

The city has a rugby team and several Netball teams. The city has a high proportion of Māori in the population.

The Shannon School is a primary school with 165 students in 2010.