Whakarongo
Whakarongo is a suburb of Palmerston North, New Zealand, between the city and Ashhurst. It is mainly rural, and features many vegetable gardens. Whakarongo was originally named Stoney Creek and along with neighbouring Kelvin Grove was part of the Stoney Creek Scandinavian and Roadmen's Block.Photo: IdiotSavant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whakarongo School and Cornerstone Christian School.
Cornerstone Christian School
School
Photo: IdiotSavant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cornerstone Christian School is an integrated co-educational Area School for Years 1–13 in the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand. The school is divided by an administrative block between the junior and senior areas, after the senior area the newly installed intermediate block is situated.
Terrace End Cemetery
Cemetery
Terrace End Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Almost 10,000 people have been buried in the cemetery since Rangitāne gifted the land to the fledgling Palmerston North settlement in 1875. Terrace End Cemetery is situated 3½ km southwest of Whakarongo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelvin Grove and Roslyn.
Kelvin Grove
Suburb
Photo: IdiotSavant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kelvin Grove is a suburb of Palmerston North on New Zealand's North Island. It is bounded on the north by the North Island Main Trunk railway, Manawatū District and Milson, on the west by Palmerston North–Gisborne Line and Roslyn, the south by the Manawatū River, and the east by James Line and Whakarongo.
Roslyn
Suburb
Photo: Giantflightlessbirds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roslyn is a suburb in the city of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It is located 3 kilometres north-east of the central city and bounded on the north by the North Island Main Trunk Railway, on the east by Palmerston North-Gisborne Railway, the south by Main Street East and the west by Ruahine Street. Roslyn is situated 4 km west of Whakarongo.
Terrace End
Suburb
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Terrace End is a suburb of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Terrace End is located in the south east part of the city on a bend in the Manawatū River. It is bounded to the north by Main Street East, Roslyn and Kelvin Grove. Terrace End is situated 4½ km southwest of Whakarongo.
Whakarongo
- Type: Hamlet with 1,640 residents
- Description: locality in New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Palmerston North City, Manawatū–Whanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-40.32707° or 40° 19′ 38″ southLongitude
175.67525° or 175° 40′ 31″ eastPopulation
1,640Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
4VFQMMFG+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 7838881715OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2179386Wikidata ID
Q7990470
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Whakarongo” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Whakarongo”
- Maori: “Whakarongo”
- Turkish: “Whakarongo”
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