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Himatangi (New Zealand)
Himatangi
Himatangi

Himatangi, formerly Carnarvon, is a small settlement in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Geography Administration The region is comprised by all or parts of ten separate Districts. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. It is located at the junction of State Highways 1 and 56, 25 kilometres west of Palmerston North, and seven kilometres east of the coastal settlement of Himatangi Beach. The New Zealand State Highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Palmerston North (Te Papa-i-oea is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It was once the location of the junction between the New Zealand Railways Department's Foxton Branch railway and the Manawatu County Council's Sanson Tramway. The New Zealand Railways Department, abbreviated as NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways and often known simply as the "Railways" was a government Construction At the mouth of the Manawatu River, the settlement of Foxton was seen in the 1860s as a possible port for the Manawatu region "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Construction After the construction of a tramway (later upgraded to a railway linking Foxton and Palmerston North settlers north of Foxton began efforts to have a rail link Both lines are now closed; use of the Tramway ceased in 1945, followed by the Branch in 1959.


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