Maramarua

Maramarua is a locality in the north-eastern part of the Waikato District of New Zealand. State Highway 2 runs through the settlement.

For the electorate, see Maramarua (New Zealand electorate).

History

In 1913 a launch linked with Mercer via the Maramarua River.[1]

The Kōpako sub-bituminous open cast coal mine was sold by Solid Energy to Bathurst Resources and Talleys in 2016.[2] The 1948 mine restarted production in 2017.[3] It was once linked to Meremere Power Station by an aerial ropeway.[4]

Two prominent New Zealanders have died while driving near Maramarua.

Stephen Shepherd Allen, a lawyer and local body politician, died of a heart attack in 1964 and in the resulting crash, his housekeeper was also killed.[5] Historian Michael King and his wife died when their car crashed into a tree in 2004.[6]

Education

Maramarua School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[7][8] with a roll of 61 as of March 2020.[9]

References
  1. "Page 1 Advertisements Column 5". PUKEKOHE & WAIUKU TIMES. 18 March 1913. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. "Bathurst Resources and Talley's buy three Solid Energy mines". Stuff. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. "Maramarua » Bathurst Resources Ltd". bathurst.co.nz. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. Parliamentary Debates. July 1958.
  5. McGibbon, Ian. "Stephen Shepherd Allen". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  6. Boyes, Nicola (25 February 2005). "Historian's death puzzles coroner". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  7. "Official School Website". maramarua.school.nz.
  8. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  9. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.


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