Waipukurau: Difference between revisions

By at least 1858 Waipukurau was used as a hub for mail delivery to the district, a sale yard for stock, and a court venue.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH18580710.2.5&srpos=78&e=-------10--71-byDA---0waipukurau-- "Local Intelligence"], ''Hawke's Bay Herald'', Volume 1, Issue 42, 10 July 1858, Page 2 retrieved 17 December 2015</ref><ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18581029.2.6&srpos=115&e=-------10--111-byDA---0waipukurau-- Port Napier], Daily Southern Cross, Volume XV, Issue 1183, 29 October 1858, Page 2 retrieved 17 December 2015</ref> In 1863 land was offered to the Agricultural Society for a [[Agricultural show|show]].<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH18630325.2.5&srpos=1120&e=--1860-----10--1111-byDA---0waipukurau-- Editorial], ''Hawke's Bay Herald'', Volume 6, Issue 371, 25 March 1863, Page 2 retrieved 18 December 2015</ref> By 1864 the [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterians]] were looking to set up a church in Waipukurau.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH18641108.2.6&srpos=199&e=29-12-1863-----10--191-byDA---0waipukurau-- "General assembly of the Presbyterian Church"], ''Hawke's Bay Herald'', Volume 7, Issue 544, 8 November 1864, Page 3</ref> There was a school in town by 1866 but this was closed when the building it used was destroyed by fire that year.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH18670119.2.19&srpos=119&e=29-12-1863-----10--111-byDA---0waipukurau-ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION- "Education"], ''Hawke's Bay Herald'', Volume 11, Issue 819, 19 January 1867, Page 4 retrieved 21 December 2015</ref> The school was replaced in August 1867 by new building which was to serve as both a church and a school.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH18670820.2.8&srpos=155&e=29-12-1863-----10--151-byDA---0waipukurau-ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION- "Waipukurau"], ''Hawke's Bay Herald'', Volume 11, Issue 868, 20 August 1867, Page 2</ref> The school had 9 pupils.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH18680418.2.19&srpos=220&e=29-12-1863-----10--211-byDA---0waipukurau-ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION- "Report on education"], ''Hawke's Bay Herald'', Volume 12, Issue 935, 18 April 1868, Page 3 retrieved 21 December 2015</ref>

[[File:Waipukurau_traffic_bridge_(21452484748).jpg|right|thumb|250x250px|The Waipukurau road bridge across the Tukituki River circa 1910. It was rebuilt in 1923<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 Jan 1923|title=WAIPUKURAU BRIDGE. WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM19230112.2.4|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> and replaced in 1935 by a concrete bridge {{Convert|900|ft|abbr=on}} long<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 Jun 1935|title=TRAFFIC BRIDGE OPENING. WAIPAWA MAIL|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPM19350626.2.19|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>]]

 

[[Cobb & Co. (New Zealand)|Cobb and Co]] commenced the first coach service to the town in October 1867.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH18671005.2.8&srpos=162&e=29-12-1863-----10--161-byDA---0waipukurau-ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION- Untitled], ''Hawke's Bay Herald'', Volume 12, Issue 881, 5 October 1867, Page 2 retrieved 21 December 2015</ref> A coach road to the south reached [[Norsewood]] in December 1873 and the [[Manawatu Gorge]] in February 1874.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WAIST18740128.2.5&srpos=708&e=-06-1868-----10--701-byDA---0waipukurau-ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION- Editorial], Wairarapa Standard, Volume 2, Issue 145, 28 January 1874, Page 2 retrieved 22 December 2015</ref> Tenders for a coach service from Waipukurau to Palmerston North were called for in March.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18740320.2.17&srpos=721&e=-06-1868-----10--721-byDA---0waipukurau-ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION- Wairarapa], Wellington Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 4058, 20 March 1874, Page 3</ref> The contract was awarded to Andrew Young, whose coach operated from [[Foxton, New Zealand|Foxton]]. On his first journey from Foxton to Waipukurau his coach was intercepted by Alexander MacDonald as he was attempting to cross the [[Oroua River]] on former [[Ngāti Kauwhata]] land near Schultz's Hotel at Awahuri. MacDonald shot one of the lead horses preventing Young from continuing his journey.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18740501.2.5&srpos=750&e=-06-1868-----10--741-byDA---0waipukurau-ARTICLE%2cILLUSTRATION- Attack on the Napier coach], ''Evening Post'', Volume X, Issue 62, 1 May 1874, Page 2 retrieved 22 December 2015</ref> MacDonald was a staunch supporter of the Ngāti Kauwhata and had been seeking redress for the dispossession of the tribe from its land on 15 December 1866. MacDonald was imprisoned for three months because of this action, but his action did result in the tribe regaining some 6,200 acres of its land.<ref>"Cultural impact assessment of the Feilding sewage treatment plant discharges upon the cultural values of Ngāti Kauwhata", Rauhuia Environmental Services, Te Maru o Ruahine Trust and Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngāti Kawhata, 9 November 2012, p. 24.</ref>