Waitangi, Chatham Islands
Encyclopedia
Waitangi is the main port and settlement on the Chatham Islands
. It is located on the southern shore of Petre Bay
, on the west coast of the main island. This community is by far the largest settlement in the archipelago
, with a population of about 300, approximately 40% of the group's population of 750.
Chatham Islands
The Chatham Islands are an archipelago and New Zealand territory in the Pacific Ocean consisting of about ten islands within a radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Their name in the indigenous language, Moriori, means Misty Sun...
. It is located on the southern shore of Petre Bay
Petre Bay
Petre Bay is a large bay which comprises about half of the west coast of Chatham Island/Rekohu, the largest island in New Zealand's Chatham Islands archipelago. It is some in extent, and contains the far smaller Waitangi Bay, on which is sited the island group's largest settlement, Waitangi....
, on the west coast of the main island. This community is by far the largest settlement in the archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
, with a population of about 300, approximately 40% of the group's population of 750.
Facilities
- Centre for Chatham Islands Council 1995
- Port Waitangi & Fish Processing Factory
- Health services - Four bed hospital facility, is staffed by a Doctor and Nursing Sisters
- Police - one Constable
- Justice - 6 monthly visiting District Court Judge
- Schools - Te One School, 4 teacher school
- Banking - ANZ Bank, only one on Island
- Shop - one main shop, sells petrol. Also a cafe nearby.
- Radio - FM station "Radio Weka" - volunteers.
- Television - as of May 1991 New ZealandNew ZealandNew 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...
broadcasts are recorded on video and arrive for rebroadcast - volunteers. - Telephone by satellite to New Zealand.
- Hotel - Hotel Chathams, on seafront. Doubles as Pub.