Ngātīmoti or Ngatimoti is a town near Motueka in New Zealand's South Island.
Ngātīmoti | |
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 St James Anglican Church, November 2007 | |
.svg)  Ngātīmoti Ngātīmoti's location within New Zealand | |
| Coordinates: 41°13′S 172°54′E / 41.217°S 172.900°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| District | Tasman |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Area code | 03 |
The town lies on the banks of the Motueka River and has been inhabited since 1855 when the Salisbury brothers arrived in the river valley. The local economy includes forestry, apple orchards and sheep and dairy farming. It is connected to the town of Motueka by the Motueka Valley Highway (formerly State Highway 61).
History
editThe name for this community originated after a Māori boy with the Christian baptismal name Timothy (Tīmoti) carved his name into a tree[1] at the corner of what is now Ngatimoti school.
On 1 January 1863 the town featured the first formal gathering of the Brethren religious movement, at the house of a local settler, James George Deck[2] and by the 1900 census the movement had nearly 2% of the total NZ population. This created a tension between Brethren and Anglican settlers in the valley. The Anglicans sent troops to World War I, while the Brethren adopted a semi-pacifist stance. The first New Zealander to die in the conflict was from Ngātīmoti. An ongoing characteristic of the community is the peaceful coexistence and respect for a wide variety of lifestyles and viewpoints, including conservative farmers, hippies and communes. The town experienced major floods in 1877 and 1990, contributed to by extensive deforestation of the steep surrounding region.
In 2019, the name of the locality was officially gazetted as Ngātīmoti.[1]
Education
editNgatimoti School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[3][4] with a roll of 88 as of August 2024.[5] The school opened on 17 August 1868.[6]
St James Church
editSt James is an Anglican church which was erected in 1884. The building is constructed of tōtara and rimu.[7]
Notable residents
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Place name detail: Ngātīmoti". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ Lineham, Peter J. "The Significance of J.G. Deck 1807-1884" (PDF). www.bruederbewegung.de/. University of Massey. p. 13. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Ngatimoti School Official School Website". ngatimoti.school.nz.
- ^ "Ngatimoti School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Beaston, Kath; Whelan, Helen (1993). The River Flows On. Nelson: Stiles Printing Ltd.
- ^ Wells, Annette (2003). Nelson's Historic Country Churches. Nelson: Nikau Press.
External links
edit- Church gets historic bell back Article from the Nelson Mail, 24/12/2010
- Opening of the Peninsula Bridge on 5 July 1913, and description of the bridge with statistics "Nelson Evening Mail", 7 July 1913, pg 5.
- [1] "Our Place: Mud Houses, Schools and Sundry Remnants" An informal history of Ngatimoti.