Taumarunui

E294978

Taumarunui is a rural service town in New Zealand’s central North Island, known as a gateway to the Whanganui River and nearby national parks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Taumarunui canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place
rural service town
town
country New Zealand
governingBody Ruapehu District Council
hasAmenity golf course
hospital
primary schools
railway heritage sites
secondary school
swimming pool
hasLocalGovernmentStatus ward centre
hasRailwayStation Taumarunui railway station
hasRoadConnection State Highway 4 NERFINISHED
State Highway 41 NERFINISHED
historicalRole important railway town
isGatewayTo Pureora Forest Park
Tongariro National Park
Whanganui National Park
Whanganui River
knownFor access to Whanganui River journeys
outdoor recreation
proximity to national parks
rural lifestyle
locatedIn North Island
central North Island
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Ruapehu District
locatedInRegion Manawatū-Whanganui Region
surface form: Manawatū-Whanganui
locatedOnRiver Ongarue River
Whanganui River
offersActivity canoeing
fishing
jet boating
mountain biking
tramping
primaryEconomicActivity beef farming
forestry
horticulture
sheep farming
regionalCouncil Horizons Regional Council
role service centre for surrounding rural area
servedByRailwayLine North Island Main Trunk
timezone New Zealand Standard Time
timezoneDST New Zealand Daylight Time
traditionalTerritoryOf Ngāti Hauaroa
Ngāti Hauaroa
surface form: Ngāti Hāua

Ngāti Maniapoto
transportFunction rail transport hub
road transport hub

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.