Normanby, Taranaki
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Normanby
Normanby
Coordinates: 39°32′28″S 174°16′26″E / -39.54111, 174.27389
Country	New Zealand
Region	Taranaki
District	South Taranaki District
Population (2006)
- Total	846

Normanby is a small village in South Taranaki, New Zealand. It is approximately 6 km inland from Hawera along State Highway 3. Eltham is 13 km further north. ¹² It is also situated on the Marton - New Plymouth Line railway, which has been freight-only through Normanby since the cessation of passenger railcar services between Wellington and New Plymouth on 30 July 1977.³

The population of Normanby and its surrounding hinterland was 846 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of 26 from 2001.⁴

The town was founded at the site of the Waihi redoubt, which was established as a field headquarters in September 1866 by colonial military forces fighting Hauhau Māori in the Second Taranaki War⁵⁶

Ketemarae Pa

Located near Normanby is Ketemarae Pa, a local historic centre for Maori settlement. It is an entry point for the Whakaahurangi track to Kairoa Pa, near Lepperton. This track linked northern and southern Taranaki before British settlement.⁷⁸

Education

Normanby School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a decile rating of 4 and a roll of 130.⁹ The school was established in 1876.¹⁰

References

External links

• Statistics NZ: Normanby Community Profile
• Map of Normanby census ward

Further reading

General historical works

• Fryer, Arthur (2001), Normanby and its school, 1876-2001, Normanby, [N.Z.]: Normanby School 125th Jubilee Committee, ISBN 0-473-07470-2 

Business history

• Records pertaining to Gibsons Ltd. (a Patea business, with a branch in Normanby) are held at South Taranaki District Museum in Patea. For a summary of these records, see "Gibsons Ltd, Patea (A1)". Retrieved on 2008-01-11.

• Normanby Co-operative Dairy Factory Company Limited (incorporated 28th August, 1884): jubilee 1897-1944., n.p.: n.p., 1944 

Churches

Presbyterian

• Normanby, Okaiawa, Ararata Presbyterian church centennial 1879-1979, Hawera, [N.Z.]: Centennial Committee, 1979 

Maps

• The township of Normanby: for sale by public auction ... 1st November, 1875., Wellington, [N.Z.]: Lyon & Blair, 1875 

People

• Records pertaining to John Hall (a settler with written recollections of the development of Normanby) are held at "Puke Ariki". For a summary of these records, see "Hall, John (B884)". Retrieved on 2008-01-11.

Schools

• Normanby School Centennial Jubilee committee: schedule of enrolments no. 1, n.p.: n.p., 1976 
• School Index: Normanby School 1876-1984, Ohangai 1906-1984, n.p.: n.p., 1984 
• A short history of the Normanby School: being extracts from log books etc 1876-1936 (compiled by the school children on the occasion [sic] of the Diamond Jubilee 20/3/36), Normanby, [N.Z.]: Normanby School, 1936 
• Free, Edna A. (1956), Normanby School eightieth jubilee, 1876-1956: souvenir programme : Normanby, Taranaki, 4th, 5th, and 6th May 1956, Normanby, [N.Z.] ; Hawera, [N.Z.]: Normanby School Jubilee Committee ; Hawera Star Print 
• Free, Edna A. (1976), Normanby School centennial, 1976, Normanby, Taranaki, 7th, 8th, 9th May 1976, Normanby, [N.Z.] ; Eltham, [N.Z.]: Normanby School Centennial Committee ; Rosen Argus 
• Fryer, Arthur (2001), Normanby and its school, 1876-2001, Normanby, [N.Z.]: Normanby School 125th Jubilee Committee, ISBN 0-473-07470-2 

Coordinates: 39°32′S 174°16′E / -39.533, 174.267

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