Pātea River
The Pātea River is in Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand. It runs for 105 kilometres from the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki, passing east through Stratford before swinging south and reaching the South Taranaki Bight near the town of Patea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Patea River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Patea Freezing Works and Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki.
Patea Freezing Works
Ruins
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The Patea Freezing Works was a meat-processing plant promoted by The Patea A&P Association in the town of Patea. The West Coast Meat and Produce Export Company was formed in August 1883 and operated a tinning plant and tallow factory in the area.
Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki
Museum
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The Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki, formerly known as the South Taranaki District Museum, is located Patea, South Taranaki, New Zealand. The museum is located on State Highway 3 through Patea. Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki is situated 2½ km northwest of Pātea River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patea and Whenuakura.
Patea
Town
Patea is the third-largest town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand. It is on the western bank of the Pātea River, 61 kilometres north-west of Whanganui on State Highway 3. Hāwera is 27 km to the north-west, and Waverley 17 km to the east.
Whenuakura
Locality
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Whenuakura is a farming community on State Highway 3 east of Patea, at the southern end of Taranaki on the North Island of New Zealand. The boundary between the Taranaki and Wellington provinces runs through Whenuakura. Whenuakura is situated 5 km northeast of Pātea River.
Kakaramea
Hamlet
Kakaramea is a town in South Taranaki, New Zealand. State Highway 3 passes through it. Patea is about 6 km to the south-east, and Hāwera is about 20 km to the north-west. Kakaramea is situated 8 km northwest of Pātea River.
Pātea River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Pātea River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Pātea”
- Catalan: “Patea”
- Cebuano: “Patea River”
- Cebuano: “Te Atua Stream”
- Dutch: “Patea River”
- French: “Patea”
- German: “Patea River”
- German: “Pātea River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Patea”
- Russian: “Патеа (река)”
- Russian: “Патеа”
- Welsh: “Afon Patea”
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