Matakana is a town in the Mahurangi region of the North Island of New Zealand. Matakana is north of Warkworth. The Matakana River flows through the town and into Kawau Bay to the south-east.
Matakana is a town in the Mahurangi region of the North Island of New Zealand. Matakana is north of Warkworth. The Matakana River flows through the town and into Kawau Bay to the south-east.
European settlers came to the area during the 1840s and 1850s primarily to log kauri and Matakana developed from this presence, growing into a small village by the 1880s. Matakana relied primarily on river transport until 1930. == History == The area of Matakana was part of the Mahurangi Purchase in 1841, leading to the first European settlers arriving. 5 years later the government started to issue pastoral and timber licences for the Matakana area. A timber mill at Matakana was established in 1851 by John Long Heydin. Settlers arrived in greater numbers the finalisation of the Omaha and Mahurangi purchases in 1853. Matakana developed as a settlement in the 1850s following the later wave of settlers, with the town initially being known as Upper Matakana to distinguish it from Lower Matakana (now known as Sandspit). The first school in the town opened in 1862. In 1868 a post office and shop was established and in 1875 a library was opened. By 1881 Matakana had all the expected facilities of a village
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