Tākaka
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Tākaka is a small town situated at the southeastern end of Golden Bay, at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island, located on the lower reaches of the Tākaka River. State Highway 60 runs through Takaka and follows the river valley before climbing over Tākaka Hill, to Motueka (57 km away) linking Golden Bay with the more populated coast of Tasman Bay to the southeast. The town is served by Tākaka Aerodrome.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tākaka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Takaka Commercial Street 003.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Commercial Street (State Highway 60), the main street of Tākaka
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12.52
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- New Zealand
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Territorial authority
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tasman
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Ward
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Golden Bay Ward
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Community
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Golden Bay Community
- Settlement.seat_type
- Electorates
- Settlement.leader_title
- Territorial authority
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Tasman District
- Population
- 1390
- Image
- Takaka Commercial Street 003.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Dairy factory
- Demographics
- Water supply and fire fighting
- Education
- Features
- Golden Bay Museum – Te Waka Huia o Mohua
- Labyrinth Rocks Park
- Paines Ford swimming hole and rock climbing
- Notable buildings
- Masonic lodge
- Golden Bay theatre
- Bank of New Zealand
- Golden Bay Electricity Board building
- Telegraph Hotel
- Church of the Epiphany
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church
- St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- Eureka boarding house
- Golf course
- References
Tākaka is a small town situated at the southeastern end of Golden Bay, at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island, located on the lower reaches of the Tākaka River. State Highway 60 runs through Takaka and follows the river valley before climbing over Tākaka Hill, to Motueka (57 km away) linking Golden Bay with the more populated coast of Tasman Bay to the southeast. The town is served by Tākaka Aerodrome.
==History== The area has long had Māori settlement. An early nation is Ngāti Tumatakōkiri, then Ngāti Apa and today the iwi are known as Manawhenua ki Mohua Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Rarua and Te Āti Awa, these nations (iwi) migrating from the North Island in the 1820s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tākaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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