Ahititi

Infobox Settlement
name = Ahititi
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = New Zealand
subdivision_type1= Region
subdivision_name1= Taranaki
subdivision_type2= District
subdivision_name2= New Plymouth District
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pushpin_label_position = left
latd = 38
latm = 51
lats = 41
latNS = S
longd = 174
longm = 36
longs = 18
longEW = E

Ahititi is a locality in Taranaki, New Zealand. State Highway 3 runs through it. Mokau is 23 km to the north, Mimi is 26 km to the south-west, and Kotare is 16 km to the east. The Tongaporutu River flows through the area and into the North Taranaki Bight at Tongaporutu to the north-west. [cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 26] [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 75] The name means "fire for cooking" ("ahi") "mutton birds" ("titi"). [cite book|title=The Companion Guide to the North Island of New Zealand|first=Errol|last=Brathwaite|year=1970|pages=p 158]

Education

Ahititi School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of five and a roll of 40. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=2150|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Ahititi School|publisher=Ministry of Education] The school celebrated its 100th jubilee in 1997. [cite journal|url=http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php/notices.php?action=view&id=55136|title=Jubilees & reunions: Ahititi, Tongaporutu, Okau Schools and District Reunion|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand|volume=75|issue=22|date=16 December 1996]

Notes

Further reading

*citation |title = Tongaporutu Ahititi Okau centennial booklet, 1897-1997 |place = Ahititi, [N.Z.] : New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Committee : Aries Print |year = 1997
*citation |first = Brian E. |last = Gray |title = The Tongaporutu River Valley : a history of the combined districts of Tongaporutu, Ahititi, Okau, Kotare, Rerekapa |place = Inglewood, [N.Z.] |publisher = Tongaporutu Historical Committee |year = 2000 |isbn = 0-473-07216-5
*citation |title = Parochial District of Saint Peter-by-the-Sea, Mokau : "come unto me" |place = Mokau, [N.Z.] |publisher = Parochial District of Saint Peter-by-the-Sea |year = c.1956
*citation |title = Tongaporutu Ahititi Okau centennial booklet, 1897-1997 |place = Ahititi, [N.Z.] : New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Committee : Aries Print |year = 1997