Waipuku

Waipuku is a settlement in inland Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located between Stratford and Inglewood (between Midhirst and Tariki) on State Highway 3.

Further reading

General historical works

:*Within web cite |title = Puke Ariki |url = http://www.pukeariki.com/en/resources/collections.htm in New Plymouth, there is an 1874 letter (signed by Octavius Carrington of the Public Works Office [and brother of web cite |title = Wellington Carrington |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=7003&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Carrington] ), upon the progress of Mountain Road, from Hawera northward toward New Plymouth: up to the Waipuku River (actually "Stream"). There is also a report (from Charles Hursthouse) upon progress on this road in this and in the Huirangi districts. See web cite |title = Public Works Office (ARC2004-789) |url = http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=37408 |accessdate = 2008-02-05

Maps

:*There is a 1905 map of the stretch of the North Egmont Branch Railway "(that operated from 1906-1941)" spanning the stretch from York Road "(just north of the Manganui River, north of Midhirst)" to the Waipuku Stream "(just south of Tariki)". It may be found within web cite |title = Puke Ariki |url = http://www.pukeariki.com/en/resources/collections.htm in New Plymouth, see web cite |title = Mount Egmont Branch Railway (ARC2005-24) |url = http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/collection/results.do?view=detail&db=object&id=37610 |accessdate = 2008-02-05

:* citation |first1 = Edwin Stanley |last1 = Brookes |first2 = J. |last2 = Homan |title = Waipuku village |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = General Survey Office |year = 1880 Scale: 1: 2 500 (i.e. 1/25.3 in. to the mile):* citation |first = Balthasar Michael |last = Wayi |title = Soil mapping of the Durham Road-Waipuku Stream, Inglewood County, Taranaki, New Zealand (Dip.Agr.Sc., Massey University) |year = 1983

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