Sunshine Settlement

Sunshine Settlement is a hamlet in Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. Sunshine Settlement is situated nearby to the quarter Hospital Hill, as well as near Rangoroa.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taumarunui railway station and Taumarunui High School.

Taumarunui railway station

Railway station

Taumarunui railway station is the main railway station in Taumarunui, New Zealand, serving the Northern Explorer service between Auckland and Wellington.

Taumarunui High School is a state coeducational secondary school located in Taumarunui, New Zealand. There are approximately 300 students. The school was originally located in the township. The school's colours are navy blue and gold. Taumarunui High School is situated 3½ km northwest of Sunshine Settlement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taumarunui and Taringamotu.

Taumarunui

Photo: ShakyIsles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Taumarunui is a town of almost 5,000 people in Whanganui in a central part of the North Island of New Zealand.

Taringamotu

Hamlet

Taringamotu is a valley and rural community in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located northwest of Taumarunui, and north of State Highway 41. Taringamotu is situated 4½ km north of Sunshine Settlement.

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 5 km east of Sunshine Settlement.

Sunshine Settlement

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

-38.89263° or 38° 53′ 34″ south

Longitude

175.26239° or 175° 15′ 45″ east

Elevation

164 metres (538 feet)

Open location code

4VHQ4746+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1682731214

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

6234584

Wikidata ID

Q25660928

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Satellite Map

Discover Sunshine Settlement from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

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

Maori: “Sunshine Settlement”
Turkish: “Sunshine Settlement”

Localities in the Area

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