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Pātea
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thumb|The Aotea canoe remembrance arch in Pātea Pātea ( ) is the third-largest town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand. It is on the western bank of the Pātea River, 61 kilometres north-west of Whanganui on . Hāwera is 27 km to the north-west, and Waverley 17 km to the east. The Pātea River flows through the town from the north-east and into the South Taranaki Bight.
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- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- South Taranaki District
- Population
- 1240
- Body of water
- Pātea River
- Image
- Patea, Main Road.jpg
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- Patea
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History and culture
- Pre-European history
- European settlement
- Patea Freezing Works
- Pātea Māori Club
- Recent history
- Marae
- Demographics
- Education
- Notable people
- Climate
- References
- External links
thumb|The Aotea canoe remembrance arch in Pātea Pātea ( ) is the third-largest town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand. It is on the western bank of the Pātea River, 61 kilometres north-west of Whanganui on . Hāwera is 27 km to the north-west, and Waverley 17 km to the east. The Pātea River flows through the town from the north-east and into the South Taranaki Bight.
==History and culture== ===Pre-European history=== Pātea is the traditional final place where some Māori led by Turi aboard the Aotea settled, after it was beached at the Aotea Harbour.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pātea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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