Maungaturoto
Maungaturoto | |
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Maungaturoto | |
Coordinates: 36°06′35″S 174°21′15″E / 36.10972°S 174.35417°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Northland Region |
District | Kaipara District |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 837 |
Maungaturoto is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand. The population was 837 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 87 from 2001.[1]
The township is located close to the Otamatea River, an estuarial arm of the Kaipara Harbour 25 kilometres north of Wellsford and 45 kilometres south of Whangarei.
Maungaturoto is only 1 hour 15 minutes from Auckland and is within reach of many popular beaches.
Education
Otamatea High School is a secondary (years 7-13) school with a roll of 528.[2] The school celebrated its 50th reunion in 2016.[3] The District High School was established in Maungaturoto in 1939.[4] Otamatea High School won the Goodman Fielder Composite School of the Year Award in 2000. [5]
Maungaturoto School is a contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of 206.[6] A school first opened in Maungaturoto in 1874.[7]
Otamatea Christian School is a private composite (years 1-13) school with a roll of 39.[8] It is a ministry of the Maungaturoto Congregational Church.[9]
All these schools are coeducational and have a decile rating of 6.
Notes
- ↑ Quickstats about Maungaturoto
- ↑ "Te Kete Ipurangi - Otamatea High School". Ministry of Education.
- ↑ "Otamatea High School and Maungaturoto District High School 50th Reunion 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ↑ Ryburn, Wayne (1999). Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum. Auckland, N.Z.: Kaipara Publications. p. 167. ISBN 0-473-06176-7.
- ↑ "Welcome to Maungaturoto Information Pack" (PDF). Real Town Maungaturoto Inc. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ↑ "Te Kete Ipurangi - Maungaturoto School". Ministry of Education.
- ↑ Ryburn, p 222
- ↑ "Te Kete Ipurangi - Otamatea Christian School". Ministry of Education.
- ↑ "Ministry Otamatea Christian College". Maungaturoto Congregational Church.