Te Awamutu
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Awamutu Te is a city in Waikato on the North Island of New Zealand. This is the headquarters of the district of Waipa and is the place of work for the surrounding farmers' societies. Awamutu Te is about 30 km from Hamilton on State Highway 3, one of the two major roads to the south of Auckland and Hamilton.
The first Maori king was born in Te Awamutu, P?tatau Te Wherowhero (died 1860). They provided counsel and some funds to help the Maori people build eight grain milling plants in the surrounding area. You helped to find a mill to serve the mill and educate Maori in this craft.
As a result, there was great rebellion among the Maori, who had taken advantage of the richness of it. Several of the more martial Maori like Rewi Maniapoto accused the missionsaries of having a detrimental impact on Maori ticanga (cultural practices). Trying to assassinate the locals and burning down the vocational training college and other missions.
Others Christian Maori cautioned other Europeans to abandon the Waikato because their life was in jeopardy. The city of Te Awamutu was an important place during the New Zealand country conflicts of the nineteenth centuary and served as a city of garrisons for the colonists from 1864. The occupation of Europe began at the end of the Waikato War ('1863-1865).
Alexandra Street is the high street, so called because it was once the high street to the city of Alexandra (since the renaming to Pirongia to prevent confusions with the city of Alexandra on the South Island). It has a large milk plant and is an important center of the city' s milk-production.
It is often called " The City of Roses of New Zealand " because it has a lavish rosary in the center of the city. 4 ] Many national companies use "Rosetown" in their names, and the pink icon is widely used on national placards and advertising boards. On its front page, the Te Awamutu Courier newspaper has the icon of a card in its imprint.
Awamutu means the end of the river. It is situated on rolling hills near a river Waipa. Waikato Plain lies to the northeast and the foothills of Mount Pirongia, 20 kilometers to the westerly, are clearly visibl.
It is located near the extinguished Kakepuku and Pirongia volcanos (and other volcanos of the Alexandra volcanic group). The other cities in the Te Awamutu area are Cambridge, 25 km north-east, Otorohanga, 30 km south-west and Raglan 50 km north-west. Kihikihi is located just outside Te Awamutu.
There are 10,305 inhabitants[1], but with Kihikihi and the neighbouring countryside a overall populace of about 14,000 can be said. The Te Awamutu was founded in 1935. It has a series of temporary exhibits on the local area. There is also an exhibit about Tim and Neil Finn, Brethren and Te Awamutu locals, the band Split Enz and later Crowned House; the city was referred to in their 1986 Mean To Me and also in Split Enz's former Haul Away album.
It contains one of the most popular early artefacts from M?ori, a large sculptured pole known as Te Uenuku. Te Awamutu is one of the city's main tourist attraction and offers numerous exhibits on the region's histories. The city of Te Awamutu itself is situated on SH3, one of the most important trails used on New Zealand's North Island.
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