Kihikihi
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Kihikihi is a small town located in the Waikato
region of the North Island
of New Zealand
. It is a satellite community of Te Awamutu
, five kilometres to the north, and is 35 kilometres south of Hamilton
. The population in the 2006 Census was 1,959 people, an increase of 18 since 2001.
The town's outer rim has now merged with the expanding rim of Te Awamutu, rendering the boundary between the two towns difficult to perceive.
Kihikihi means cicada
in the Māori language
. A large statue of a cicada stands at the northern entrance to the town.
Kihikihi's multi-purpose sports domain hosts national and international equestrian events such as the FEI Eventing World Cup.
John Rochford (1832–1893) died in the Star Hotel and is buried in the Kihikihi Cemetery near the Kihikihi Primary school. He was one of the first to survey the routes of today's railways in both the North & South Islands. A reserve in Kihikhi is named after John Rochford.
Rewi Maniapoto
lived in Kihikihi, on the site where the Rewi Maniapoto Reserve, and the memorial now sits. Kihikihi was at the core of the productive farm lands that Maori developed in the 1850s with the help of CMS missionaries.From here food was supplied to new settlers in Auckland for a brief period.The area became the heartland of the rebel Maori uprising in 1863.
Waikato
The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District...
region of the North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
of 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...
. It is a satellite community of Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it...
, five kilometres to the north, and is 35 kilometres south of Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
. The population in the 2006 Census was 1,959 people, an increase of 18 since 2001.
The town's outer rim has now merged with the expanding rim of Te Awamutu, rendering the boundary between the two towns difficult to perceive.
Kihikihi means cicada
Cicada
A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha , in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified...
in the Māori language
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
. A large statue of a cicada stands at the northern entrance to the town.
John Rochford (1832–1893) died in the Star Hotel and is buried in the Kihikihi Cemetery near the Kihikihi Primary school. He was one of the first to survey the routes of today's railways in both the North & South Islands. A reserve in Kihikhi is named after John Rochford.
Rewi Maniapoto
Rewi Maniapoto
Rewi Manga Maniapoto was a Maniapoto chief who led rebel Kingitanga forces during the New Zealand government Invasion of Waikato during the New Zealand Wars...
lived in Kihikihi, on the site where the Rewi Maniapoto Reserve, and the memorial now sits. Kihikihi was at the core of the productive farm lands that Maori developed in the 1850s with the help of CMS missionaries.From here food was supplied to new settlers in Auckland for a brief period.The area became the heartland of the rebel Maori uprising in 1863.