Broadwood, New Zealand

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North Island
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Broadwood is a town on 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. [cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 3] [cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|id=ISBN 1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 18]

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. [cite book|title=Remember the Hokianga|editor=Olive Harris and Chris Lancaster|id=ISBN 978-0-473-11859-4|chapter=Nearby Broadwood and Runaruna|pages=p 89|year=2006]

Education

Broadwood Area School is a coeducational composite (years 1-15) school with a decile rating of 1 and a roll of 135. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=6|title=Te Kete Ipurangi|publisher=Ministry of Education] It was founded in 1908. [cite web|url=http://broadwood.school.nz/centennial_2008.htm|title=Broadwood Area School Centennial] , and became a District High School in 1952, and an Area School in 1973. A state aided school functioned at Broadwood from 1895-1904.cite web|url=http://www.nram.govt.nz/record.php?holderid=25&id=5417&parent=ncindex|title=Broadwood Area School (X366)]

Notes

External links

* [http://broadwood.school.nz/ Broadwood Area School website]