Matarawa
Matarawa is a hamlet in Greater Wellington, North Island. Matarawa is situated nearby to the hamlet Okoia, as well as near Fordell.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cameron Blockhouse.
Cameron Blockhouse
Historic building
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cameron Blockhouse is a timber blockhouse in Wanganui, New Zealand, built during the New Zealand Wars in the mid-19th century. It is a rare surviving example of a privately constructed redoubt from that era. Cameron Blockhouse is situated 3½ km southwest of Matarawa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Okoia and 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.
Fordell
Hamlet
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. Fordell is situated 4½ km east of Matarawa.
Durie Hill
Suburb
Durie Hill is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The suburb was designed in 1920 by Samuel Hurst Seager as a garden suburb based on garden-city planning principles. Durie Hill is situated 7 km west of Matarawa.
Matarawa
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-39.94792° or 39° 56′ 53″ southLongitude
175.14644° or 175° 8′ 47″ eastOpen location code
4VGQ342W+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 11276584659OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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