Ngahere
| Ngahere | |
|---|---|
  Ngahere | |
| Coordinates: 42°23′57″S 171°26′16″E / 42.39917°S 171.43778°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | West Coast |
| District | Grey District |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 345 |
Ngahere is a locality in the Grey District of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.[1] The 2006 New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings gave the population of Ngahere and its surrounding area as 345, an increase of 9.5% or 30 people since the 2001 census.[2]
Ngahere is located on the south bank of the Grey River, and State Highway 7 and the Stillwater - Westport Line (SWL) railway pass through the village. The railway reached Ngahere when an extension was built from Brunner on 1 August 1889, and it was the line's terminus until a further section to Ahaura was opened on 14 February 1890. On 1 August 1910, Ngahere became a railway junction when the Blackball Branch was opened, and this branch line operated until a flood in 1966 destroyed its bridge across the Grey River. The branch was formally closed on 21 February 1966.[3] The next year, passenger trains through Ngahere on the SWL were cancelled; since this time, freight trains of coal have been the predominant traffic through Ngahere.[4]
References
- ↑ "Place Name Detail: Ngahere". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 16 November 2007.
- ↑ Quickstats about Nelson Creek-Ngahere
- ↑ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas, fourth edition, edited by John Yonge (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 22.
- ↑ Geoffrey B. Churchman and Tony Hurst, The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History (Auckland: HarperCollins, 1991), 191, 197.
Coordinates: 42°24′S 171°27′E / 42.400°S 171.450°E