Tararua District

Tararua is a district in the North Island of New Zealand. It was established in 1989 and is a district of this continuous mountain chain, the Tararua Range, named.

Geography

The north of the district is from the Central- Hawke's Bay district in the region Hawke 's Bay, the Northwest by the Manawatu, the west by the city district Palmerston North and the South West from the Horowhenua District (all in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region ) limited. In the south, finally there is the Masterton District ( Wellington Region ).

The largest part of the Tararua District is located in the Manawatu -Wanganui region, but a very small rural area in the extreme southeast part of the Wellington region. In the census in 2001 there lived twelve people.

Topographically is in the northwest of the Ruahine Range ( up to 1700 meters high ) has a natural boundary; these changes into the Tararua Range to the Manawatu Gorge ( Manawatu Gorge ). The west of the district is also affected by the length of 180km Manawatu River, whose sources are mainly located in the longer west side of the Tararua District. The entire east coast is on the southern Pacific Ocean.

Population

Capital of the district is approximately 6000 inhabitants, Dannevirke, which was founded in the 19th century by immigrants from Scandinavia. Other major towns are Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Woodville, Ormondville and Norsewood inland and Pongaroa, Herbertville, Akitio, and Alfredton close to the coast.

History

At the time of European settlement, the area was almost completely forested, which earned him the name " Forty Mile Bush." The forest has largely been cleared to get pasture, although the area is also populated today still very thin. The term " bus " is now used only by the local rugby team ( Wairarapa - Bush).

Most residents of the Tararua District also feel more than ten years after the administrative reform in 1989 does not belong to Manawatu -Wanganui. They identify themselves as either residents of the Hawke's Bay ( northern district ) or as inhabitants of the former Wairarapa district, who now splits into Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa District.

Also in the New Zealand media, the district of the eastern Wellington region is assigned, for example, in weather forecasting.

Economy

The Tararua district is shaped to a large extent on agriculture ( grazing ), but also the textile and food industries, play a role. Another emerging industry is forestry.