Rahotu

Infobox Settlement
name = Rahotu
population_total = 252
population_as_of = 2006
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = New Zealand
subdivision_type1= Region
subdivision_name1= Taranaki
subdivision_type2= District
subdivision_name2= South Taranaki District
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pushpin_label_position = left
latd = 39
latm = 19
lats = 39
latNS = S
longd = 173
longm = 48
longs = 15
longEW = E

Rahotu is a community in the west of Taranaki, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 45, 16 kilometres north of Opunake and 11 km south of Warea. [cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 34] [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 84]

The population was 252 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of 45 from 2001. [cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/final-counts/tarankai-region.htm|title=Final counts – census night and census usually resident populations, and occupied dwellings - South Taranaki District|publisher=Statistics New Zealand]

Education

Rahotu School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 6 and a roll of 166. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1679|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Rahotu School|publisher=Ministry of Education] The school was founded in 1884. [cite book|author=Dwyer, N & Morgan, R.(eds.)|year=1984|title=Rahotu School and District Centenary 1884-1984]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.rahotu.school.nz Rahotu School website]

Further reading

General historical works

:*citation |first1 = Neill |last1 = Dwyer |first2 = Ruth (comp.) |last2 = Morgan |title = Rahotu School and District centenary, 1884-1984 |place = Rahotu, {N.Z.] ; New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Jubilee Committee ; Taranaki Newspapers |year = 1984

Business history

:*citation |author = Rahotu Co-operative Dairy Company |title = Golden jubilee : a brief history, 1907-1957 |place = New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Avery Press |year = 1957

Churches

"Methodist

:*citation |title = Years of change: eighty years of Methodism in and around Opunake: seventy years of Circuit development, consolidation and advance, 1881-1961: a symbol of progress. |place = Opunake, [N.Z.] |publisher = Herald Print |year = 1981

Clubs and organisations

:*citation |first1 = Neil |last1 = Higgins |first2 = Sharon |last2 = Adamson |title = The dark side: the story of KOPAC and the history of Kahui and the west |place = New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Kahui Outdoor Pursuits & Alpine Club |year = 2004

Maps

:*citation |first = J.F. |last = Sicely |title = Village settlement of Rahotu |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = New Zealand General Survey Office |year = 1881

chools

:*citation |first = John Thomas |last = Linehan |title = Rahotu school 75th jubilee 1884 [-] July 1959 |place = Rahotu, {N.Z.] ; New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Jubilee Committee ; Taranaki Newspapers |year = 1959 :*citation |first1 = Neill |last1 = Dwyer |first2 = Ruth (comp.) |last2 = Morgan |title = Rahotu School and District centenary, 1884-1984 |place = Rahotu, {N.Z.] ; New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Jubilee Committee ; Taranaki Newspapers |year = 1984