Ngapuke

Ngapuke or Ngāpuke is a village and rural community in the Ruapehu district and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the south side of the valley of Pungapunga River, a tributary of the upper Whanganui River, east of Taumarunui and west of Tongariro and Kuratau on State Highway 41.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kakahi and Piriaka.

Kakahi

Hamlet

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Kakahi ) is a small King Country settlement about 10 kilometres up the Whanganui River from Taumarunui, New Zealand. Founded as a sawmill town, it takes its name from the Māori word for the New Zealand freshwater mussel. Kakahi is situated 6 km southwest of Ngapuke.

Piriaka

Hamlet

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Piriaka is a small rural settlement beside the Whanganui River, about 10 kilometres southeast of Taumarunui on State Highway 4, in New Zealand's King Country. Piriaka is situated 8 km southwest of Ngapuke.

Manunui

Quarter

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Manunui is a small Whanganui River settlement, about 6 kilometres east of Taumarunui on State Highway 4, in New Zealand's King Country. It was once known as Waimarino, but John Burnand of the Ellis and Burnand sawmilling firm renamed it Manunui around 1905. Manunui is situated 8 km west of Ngapuke.

Ngapuke

Type: Hamlet
Description: locality in Ruapehu District, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
Category: locality
Location: Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.88654° or 38° 53′ 12″ south

Longitude

175.41495° or 175° 24′ 54″ east

Elevation

556 metres (1,824 feet)

Open location code

4VHQ4C77+9X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7833937707

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2186191

Wikidata ID

Q25660499

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In Other Languages

From Maori to Turkish—“Ngapuke” goes by many names.

Maori: “Ngāpuke”
Turkish: “Ngapuke”

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