Rātana Pā
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Village with 327 residents
- Description: locality in Rangitikei District, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand, headquarters of the Rātana Church and political movement
- Also known as: “Ratana”, “Rātana”, “Ratana Community”, and “Ratana Pa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Waipu.
Lake Waipu
Lake Waipu, just south of Rātana Pā, is a 7 ha shallow coastal aeolian, or dune-dammed, lake. Horizons Regional Council has monitored water quality in the lake since 2015.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turakina and Whangaehu.
Turakina
Hamlet
Turakina is an old Māori settlement situated southeast of Whanganui city on the North Island of New Zealand. Turakina village derives its name from the Turakina River, which cut its passage to the sea from a source south of Waiouru. Turakina is situated 3½ km east of Rātana Pā.
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 3½ km north of Rātana Pā.
Koitiata
Village
Koitiata is a settlement located in the southwestern part of Rangitikei District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. At the time of the 2018 census, Koitiata had a population of 126. Marton is located 24 km to the east and Whanganui is located 29 km to the northwest. Koitiata is situated 5 km southwest of Rātana Pā.
Rātana Pā
- Categories: pā and locality
- Location: Rangitikei District, Manawatū–Whanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-40.03899° or 40° 2′ 20″ southLongitude
175.17612° or 175° 10′ 34″ eastPopulation
327Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)Named after
Tahupōtiki Wiremu RātanaOpen location code
4VFQX56G+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 281136342OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Rātana Pā” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ratana”
- Dutch: “Rātana pā”
- German: “Rātana”
- Slovenian: “Rātana Pā”
- Turkish: “Rātana Pā”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ratana Old Cemetery and Te Kura o Ratana.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rātana Pā”. Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.