Ngatea

Ngatea

Ngatea is a small town on the Hauraki Plains in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 18 kilometres southwest of Thames and 70 kilometres southeast of Auckland. Ngatea lies on the Piako River, eight kilometres south of its outflow into the Firth of Thames.

Ngatea is the 'service centre' for the farming area of the Hauraki Plains. It was established in the 1900s as a result of a unique series of canals and stop banks which drained the land and produced rich farmlands for dairy production.[1]

The town also acts as a service town for motorists travelling from Auckland to the Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty via State Highway 2. Its population in 2013 was 1248.

Ngatea has two schools, Hauraki Plains College (with 690 students as of July 2017),[2] and Ngatea Primary School (with 288 students as of July 2017).[2]

Coordinates: 37°17′S 175°30′E / 37.283°S 175.500°E / -37.283; 175.500

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ngatea Travel Guide". Jasons Travel Media.
  2. 1 2 "Directory of Schools - as at 2 August 2017". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2 August 2017.


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