Normanby, Taranaki

Normanby
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Coordinates: 39°32′28″S 174°16′26″E / 39.54111°S 174.27389°E / -39.54111; 174.27389
CountryNew Zealand
RegionTaranaki Region
Territorial authoritySouth Taranaki District
Ward
  • Te Hāwera General Ward
  • Te Kūrae Māori Ward
  • Te Tai Tonga Māori Ward
CommunityTe Hāwera Community
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthoritySouth Taranaki District Council
 • Regional councilTaranaki Regional Council
Area
 • Total
1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total
1,160
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)

Normanby is a small village in South Taranaki, New Zealand. It is approximately 6 km inland from Hāwera along State Highway 3. Eltham is 13 km further north.[3][4]

The village is also situated on the Marton - New Plymouth Line railway, which has been freight-only through Normanby since the cessation of passenger railcar services between Wellington and New Plymouth on 30 July 1977.[5]

The town was founded at the site of the Waihi redoubt, which was established as a field headquarters in September 1866 by colonial military forces fighting Hauhau Māori in the Second Taranaki War[6][7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004), Reed New Zealand Atlas, Reed Books, pp. map 34, ISBN 0-7900-0952-8
  4. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005), The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand, Robbie Burton, pp. map 97, ISBN 1-877333-20-4
  5. ^ Churchman & Hurst 2001, p. 133.
  6. ^ South Taranaki District Council website
  7. ^ The New Zealand Wars, Vol 2 by James Cowan, 1922, chapter 15.