Raetihi

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Raetihi is a town in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the junction of State Highways 4 and 49, 11 kilometres west of Ohakune. The town has a population of 1071. From 18 December 1917 to 1 January 1968, Raetihi was served by the Raetihi Branch, a branch line railway that diverged from the North Island Main Trunk in Ohakune. The station building remains in the town today, relocated from its original site and restored as part of a local museum.

Home to internet radio station, r4562 [1], technologically advanced and cutting-edge in style, but as yet rarely listened to [2]. Taking it's name from the Raetihi postal code, the station is managed by the NZ branch of new media art collective c6 [3] and has has been transmitting since June 2006.