- The
Makerua Swamp (also
known as the
Opiki Plains) is an area of the
Opiki District of the Manawatū-Whanganui
region of New Zealand. In the
early 20th...
-
Makerua railway station was a
station in
Horowhenua District on the
North Island Main
Trunk in New Zealand. Only a
single track now p****es
through the...
- town. SH 57 runs
straight parallel to the NIMT for five
kilometres to
Makerua,
where the
highway meets SH 56 the only
state highway met by SH 57 other...
- Ward:
Foxton Foxton Beach Moutua Levin Ward:
Levin Weraroa Miranu Ward:
Makerua Mangaore Opiki Shannon Tokomaru Waiopehu Ward:
Gladstone Heatherlea Hokio...
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Longburn North Island Main
Trunk Foxton Branch Manawatu River Linton Tokomaru Makerua Shannon Kereru (Ko****roa)
Levin Ohau Ohau
River Manakau Otaki Otaki River...
- 23 km 8.5m 1886 1986
Kereru until 1906.
Shannon 106.57 km 12.2m 1886 Open
Makerua 111.84 km 7.62m 1886 1966
Tokomaru 118.35 km 17.7m 1885 1982
crossing loop...
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Preceding station Historical railways Following station Makerua Line open,
station closed 4.69 km (2.91 mi)
North Island Main
Trunk KiwiRail Ko****roa...
- river,
towards the mouth,
known as the "Great Swamp" in the 19th century;
Makerua Swamp further inland, to the
south of the Manawatū and
north of the Tokomaru...
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Palmerston North SH 1 at
Vinegar Hill Feilding,
Cheltenham 56.5 SH 57 at
Makerua Awapuni,
Palmerston North Opiki,
Longburn 22.9
Terminates on
Pioneer Highway...
- Waikanae, Te Horo, Hadfield, Manukau, Ohau,
Levin (original), Kereru,
Makerua, Tokomaru, Linton. The WMR
operated 22
locomotives in
revenue service,...
