| LC control no. | n 83232759 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Ngāruawāhia (N.Z.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | New Zealand--Ngāruawāhia |
| Variant(s) | Ngaruawahia, N.Z. Ngaruawahia Borough (N.Z.) |
| See also | Waikato District (N.Z.) Newcastle (Waikato, N.Z.) |
| Other standard no. | 32480 Q771298 |
| Associated country | New Zealand |
| Found in | New Zealand. Dept. of Lands and Survey. Map of Hamilton ... 1981: map recto (Ngaruawahia) LC data base, 11/7/83 (hdg.: Ngaruawahia, N.Z.) Meeting of the waters, 1980 p. 110 (Ngaruawahia Borough) Discover New Zealand, 1994 p. 116 (Ngaruawahia; town) NZ off. yrbk, 1988-89 p. 151 (Borough; Ngaruawahia); 1990: p. 88 (Waikato District) New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on October 10, 2023: search for place names (Ngāruawāhia; feature type: town; history/origin/meaning: the name refers to an incident when a large number of visitors arrived unexpectedly at the pa. With typical hospitality the local people broke into their kumara pits to supply food for the visitors. At one time the settlement was known as Newcastle, after Newcastle upon Tyne in England, on account of the adjacent coalmines; earlier it had been called Queenstown; location 37.668S 175.147E) Wikipedia WWW, viewed on October 10, 2023: Ngāruawāhia page (Ngāruawāhia is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand; during the 19th century, Ngāruawāhia was named Queenstown and then Newcastle. However, the town returned to the original name in 1878) |
| Geographic area code | u-nz--- |
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