Motumaoho

Motumaoho
Motumaoho on 22 Jan 1968
Motumaoho on 22 Jan 1968
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Coordinates: 37°41′29″S 175°28′15″E / 37.691264°S 175.470972°E / -37.691264; 175.470972
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWaikato
DistrictMatamata-Piako District
WardMorrinsville Ward
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityMatamata-Piako District Council
 • Regional councilWaikato Regional Council
Area
 • Total15.62 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2018 Census)[2]
 • Total183
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
3372
Area code07

Motumaoho is a small village in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, just to the west of the Pakaroa Range. It is on SH26, 25 km (16 mi) east of Hamilton[3] and 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Morrinsville.[4] The village is bordered by the Waitakaruru Stream to the east.[5] Motumaoho can be translated as an intruding clump of trees.[6]

It once had a cheese factory, post office, railway station and garage,[7] but now has only greenhouses, a school and houses.[8] A hall was open at least from 1917[9] to 1928.[10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Hamilton to SH 26 (near Norfolk Rd) (hail2ride)". Google maps. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Morrinsville to SH 26 (near Norfolk Rd) (hail2ride)". Google maps. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ "NZGB Gazetteer". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ^ "1000 Māori place names - Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Couple trick fleeing teens, delivering them to waiting police". Stuff. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "DISTRICT NEWS. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 February 1917. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  10. ^ "MOTUMAOHO. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 15 August 1928. Retrieved 11 April 2020.