Ngaumutawa

Ngaumutawa
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Coordinates: 40°56′31″S 175°38′17″E / 40.942°S 175.638°E / -40.942; 175.638
CountryNew Zealand
CityMasterton
Local authorityMasterton District Council
Area
[1]
 • Land116 ha (287 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total1,750
Fernridge Mikimiki Ōpaki
Ngaumutawa
 Masterton Central
Solway Kuripuni Masterton West

Ngaumutawa is a suburb of Masterton, New Zealand.

Ngaumutawa is a Māori language word meaning an oven of the tawa tree.[3] Ngaumutawa was a Māori village or pā in 1853.[4] The Native Land Court assigned title to the land in 1866, and most was sold to pākehā settlers by the end of the decade.[5] Ngaumutawa Road was created about 1904.[6] The area was still rural in 1973[7] but was under development in 1980.[8]

The rural area southeast of Ngaumutawa is marked as a "Future Development Area" by the Masterton District Council.[9] The plan was criticised for not explicitly including provision for affordable housing.[10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Akura Road and Ngaumutawa Road". Masterton District Library and Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ Craig Innes; Bob Metcalf (January 2003). "Te Karaitiana Te Korou Report Wai 770" (PDF). pp. 26, 62–63.
  5. ^ Craig Innes; Bob Metcalf (January 2003). "Te Karaitiana Te Korou Report Wai 770" (PDF). p. 89.
  6. ^ "Masterton Loan Proposal". Wairarapa Daily Times. 29 September 1904.
  7. ^ "N158" (Map). Masterton. 1:63360. NZMS1. LINZ / Lands and Survey. 1973.
  8. ^ "T26" (Map). Masterton. 1:50000. NZMS260. LINZ / Lands and Survey. 1980.
  9. ^ "Chamberlain Road Future Development Area" (PDF). Masterton District Council. 7 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Opportunity for affordable homes 'squandered' - businessman". Radio New Zealand. 18 August 2020.