Mokihinui
Te Tai Tonga
Mokihinui (Māori: Mōkihinui) is a lightly populated locality[1] on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
Mokihinui is on the Tasman Sea coastline north of Westport and is on the southern side of the Mōkihinui River's mouth, the third largest river on the West Coast.[2] Once known as Waimarie, its official name is currently Mokihinui (without a macron), although it is named after the Mōkihinui River (officially spelled with a macron since 2019).[3] Mokihinui is situated between the sea and the foothills of the Glasgow Range and State Highway 67 passes through Mokihinui just before reaching its northern end on the other side of the river. Statistics New Zealand includes Mokihinui in a statistical area of the same name that covers both the locality itself and its neighbours such as Seddonville and Summerlea. According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Mokihinui has a population of 186, an increase of 15 people since the 2006 census.[4] Mokihinui's population increases during whitebait season, when visitors come to fish in the Mōkihinui River's mouth.[5]
In the early 1890s, a branch line railway from Westport was opened to Mokihinui; it ultimately ran through to Seddonville and was known as the Seddonville Branch. Passengers were carried on mixed trains until trains became freight-only on 14 October 1946. The line continued to operate until the end of the 1970s, when the coal mining activity that provided almost the sole freight on the line declined to such a point that revenue was lower than maintenance costs. The railway closed north of Ngakawau on 3 May 1981 and traces of its formation can be seen in the countryside around Mokihinui.[6]
References
- ^ "Place name detail: Mokihinui". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board.
- ^ "Save the Mokihinui: Keep it in a Park". Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Mōkihinui River". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Mokihinui
- ^ Tourism West Coast, "Mokihinui / Seddonville", accessed 24 June 2007.
- ^ David Leitch and Brian Scott, Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways, rev. ed. (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998), 52-4.
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- Allen River
- Awakari River
- Awarau River
- Ballroom Overhang
- Beautiful River
- Blackwater River (Buller River tributary)
- Blackwater River (Little Grey River tributary)
- Buller Gorge
- Buller River
- Bullock Creek
- Denniston Plateau
- Fox River
- Glasgow Range
- Kahurangi Point
- Karamea Bight
- Lake Christabel
- Lewis Pass
- Metro Cave / Te Ananui Cave
- Mount Augustus
- Mount Haast
- Ngākawau River
- Ōpārara Basin
- Ōpārara Basin Arches
- Ōtūmahana Estuary
- Papahaua Range
- Paparoa Range
- Perpendicular Point
- Pororari River
- Scotts Beach
- Waitakere / Nile River
- Wharepapa / Arthur Range
- Big Rimu Walk
- Charming Creek Tramway
- Conns Creek Branch
- Fenian Track
- Granity Community Library
- Heaphy Track
- Inland Pack Track
- Kahurangi Marine Reserve
- Kahurangi National Park
- Karamea Centennial Museum
- Koranui Incline
- Mokihinui Hydro
- Ngakawau Hydro Project
- Old Ghost Road
- Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
- Paparoa National Park
- Punakaiki Marine Reserve
- Reefton Hospital
- Rockies Incline
- Seddonville Branch
- Stillwater–Ngākawau Line
- Stockton Mine
- Truman Track
- Victoria Forest Park
- Wangapeka Track
- Westport Airport