Woodville, New Zealand

Woodville is a small town in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 75 km north of Masterton and 25 km east of Palmerston North and in 2006 had a population of 1,398 inhabitants ( Census 2001: 1479 inhabitants).

Geography

Woodville is located at the northern end of the Tararua Ranges, near the cut from the Manawatu River Gorge between these and the Ruahine Ranges Formed by the Manawatu River. This Manawatu Gorge canyon is called the simplest connection between the east and west coast of the southern North Island and is an important transport route.

History

The city is located in the Tararua District of the Manawatu -Wanganui region even though it has strong links with the region Hawke 's Bay, to which they once belonged. Sometimes the city is considered part of the Wairarapa, but is in the catchment area of ​​the Manawatu River and officially belongs therefore to Manawatu -Wanganui.

Infrastructure

The railroad Palmerston North - Gisborne Line and the New Zealand State Highway 3 pass through the Manawatu Gorge, State Highway 3 meets in Woodville with the New Zealand State Highway 2. The Palmerston North- Gisborne railway line here is attached via a terminal loop to the Wairarapa Line, which runs through the Wairarapa region to Wellington.

Culture

Woodville was the birthplace of the Mountain Rock Music Festival, which was in the 1990s, the largest festival of New Zealand music.