Fordell
Fordell is a rural community in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is on the Marton-New Plymouth railway line east of Kaitoke and north of Whangaehu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Fordell, New Zealand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whangaehu and Okoia.
Whangaehu
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Whangaehu is a settlement in the Rangitikei District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Whangaehu is located near the mouth of the Whangaehu River, a large river flowing from for 135 kilometres the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau, southward to the South Taranaki Bight in the Tasman Sea. Whangaehu is situated 6 km southwest of Fordell.
Okoia
Hamlet
Okoia is a small rural community approximately 5 km east of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is centred on the Okoia Primary School and village. The area is predominantly subject to sheep and beef pastoral farming, but in recent years some farms have been divided into lifestyle blocks. Okoia is situated 7 km northwest of Fordell.
Rātana Pā
Village
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Rātana Pā, or Ratana Community, is a town in the North Island of New Zealand, near Whanganui and Marton in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The locality was the farm of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, the founder of a Māori religious and political movement, and the settlement developed in the 1920s as followers came to see Rātana. Rātana Pā is situated 9 km south of Fordell.
Fordell
- Category: locality
- Location: Whanganui, Manawatū–Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.96147° or 39° 57′ 41″ southLongitude
175.19881° or 175° 11′ 56″ eastElevation
138 metres (453 feet)Open location code
4VGQ25QX+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 281136410OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Fordell” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Fordell”
- Turkish: “Fordell”
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