- Tangowahine
Location map
Northland
label=Tangowahine
lat_dir=S | lat_deg=35 | lat_min=52
lon_dir=E | lon_deg=173 | lon_min=56
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caption=Tangowahine is a community on the northern
Kaipara Harbour in Northland,New Zealand . The Tangowahine Stream flows from the Tutumoe Range east and then south to join the Wairoa River at Tangowahine. State Highway 14 passes through Tangowahine.Dargaville is 12 km to the south west, andTangiteroria is 15 km north 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 7] [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 26]History
A bridge was built over the Tangowahine River in 1893-95, to allow a road from Dargaville to Tangiteroria to be completed. [cite book|title=Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum|last=Ryburn|first=Wayne|year=1999|isbn=0-473-06176-7|pages=p 93]
Tangowahine was a mill town for the
kahikatea and kauri timber trade. Robert Gibbon's mill was built around 1900 and included electric lighting. Steamers loaded timber at the town's two wharves. The S.S. "Matarere" ran a passenger service. The population was 402 in about 1910. [cite book|title=The Great Northern Wairoa|last=Bradley|first=Edgar Kelsby|year=1982|pages=p 119] The mill was rebuilt after a fire in 1916, and closed in 1931. [Ryburn, p 116, 166, 173, 199]Gum-digger s also operated in the area in the early 20th century. [Ryburn, p 203]From January 1931, Tangowahine was the terminus for the railway line. In 1940, the line was extended to Dargaville. [Ryburn, p 166, 186]
Education
Tangowahine School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 4 and a roll of 46. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1105|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Tangowahine School|publisher=Ministry of Education]Notes
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