Ngamatapouri

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Ngamatapouri is a small rural locality^[1] in the Waitotara River valley, 47km north of Waitotara village, in south Taranaki, New Zealand. Community life centres on Ngamatapouri School. The area is predominantly reliant on sheep and beef pastoral farming.

Contents 1 References 2 Further reading 2.1 General historical works 2.2 Map 2.3 Schools 3 External links

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

[edit] General historical works

• Annabell, Bernard (1984), Ngamatapouri: an account of the early settlers of the Upper Waitotara Valley, Waverley, [N.Z.] ; Wanganui, [N.Z.]: P. Hooper ; Wanganui Newspapers 
• Institute, Country Women's (1966), My District: an Historical Survey, n.p.: Wanganui Country Women's Institute 

[edit] Map

• New Zealand, Department of Survey & Land Information (1987), Topomap Ngamatapouri, Wellington, [N.Z.]: Department of Land & Survey Information 

NOTE: Scale 1:50 000; New Zealand map grid proj. Relief shown by contours, shading and spot heights. Date of compilation 1984. New Zealand. Dept. of Survey and Land Information. Infomap 260 ; R21.

[edit] Schools

• Waitotara Valley schools centennial cookery book, Waitotara Valley, [N.Z.]: Centennial Organising Committee, 1999 

NOTE: Includes: Jubilee cookery book : containing over 500 recipes and many useful hints / compiled by the women of the upper Waitotara Valley as a souvenir of the sixtieth anniversary of the upper valley schools, Makakaho Junction (Marohema) and Taumatahi. Wanganui, [N.Z.] : Wanganui Chronicle, 1958. Includes history of the schools, additional recipes and advertising.

[edit] External links

• Ngamatapouri School.

Coordinates: 39°34′S, 174°49′E

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