Broadwood, New Zealand
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Broadwood is a town about 25 km to the north of the north side of the Hokianga
harbour, in Northland, New Zealand
. Herekino
is 21 km to the west, and Mangamuka Bridge is the same distance to the east.
The Broadwood area was first settled by Pakeha
in the 1880s, and an access road was constructed through the area from Takahue to Motukaraka on the Hokianga harbour. An unmetalled road through the Te Karae Valley to Kohukohu
was constructed in 1908.
1,962 people lived on the north side of Hokianga Harbour at the time of the 2006 Census, a decrease of 54, but this is a much larger area than the town of Broadwood.
Broadwood Area School is a coeducational composite (years 1-15) school with a decile rating
of 1 and a roll of 133. It was founded in 1908., and became a District High School in 1952, and an Area School in 1973. A state aided school functioned at Broadwood from 1895-1904.
Hokianga
Hokianga is an area surrounding the Hokianga Harbour, also known as The Hokianga River, a long estuarine drowned valley on the west coast in the north of the North Island of New Zealand....
harbour, in Northland, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Herekino
Herekino
Herekino is a locality in Northland, New Zealand. It lies 26 km south west of Kaitaia. The Herekino Harbour, also called the Herekino River, is an estuary and inlet from the Tasman Sea to the west...
is 21 km to the west, and Mangamuka Bridge is the same distance to the east.
The Broadwood area was first settled by Pakeha
Pakeha
Pākehā is a Māori language word for New Zealanders who are "of European descent". They are mostly descended from British and to a lesser extent Irish settlers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although some Pākehā have Dutch, Scandinavian, German, Yugoslav or other ancestry...
in the 1880s, and an access road was constructed through the area from Takahue to Motukaraka on the Hokianga harbour. An unmetalled road through the Te Karae Valley to Kohukohu
Kohukohu
Kohukohu may refer to:*Pittosporum tenuifolium, a small evergreen tree*Kohukohu, a settlement in the Hokianga region of New Zealand....
was constructed in 1908.
1,962 people lived on the north side of Hokianga Harbour at the time of the 2006 Census, a decrease of 54, but this is a much larger area than the town of Broadwood.
Education
Socio-Economic Decile
Decile, Socio-Economic Decile or Socio-Economic Decile Band is a widely used measure in education in New Zealand used to target funding and support to more needy schools....
of 1 and a roll of 133. It was founded in 1908., and became a District High School in 1952, and an Area School in 1973. A state aided school functioned at Broadwood from 1895-1904.