Pongaroa
Sign in to savePongaroa is a town in the Tararua District, in the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand, 110 kilometres southwest of Hastings and 200 kilometres northeast of Wellington. The nearest town is Pahiatua, 50 kilometres to the west. Popular Ākitio Beach is 30 kilometres to the east. The township straddles Route 52, a road between Masterton and Waipukurau.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pongaroa is referenced by 45 other articles, and connects out to Tararua District, Wellington and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui, Tararua District and Use New Zealand English from May 2023.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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Pongaroa is a town in the Tararua District, in the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand, 110 kilometres southwest of Hastings and 200 kilometres northeast of Wellington. The nearest town is Pahiatua, 50 kilometres to the west. Popular Ākitio Beach is 30 kilometres to the east. The township straddles Route 52, a road between Masterton and Waipukurau.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "tall tree fern" for Pongaroa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pongaroa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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