Waverley, Taranaki

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subdivision_name1= Taranaki
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subdivision_name2= South Taranaki District
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Waverley is a small town located in south Taranaki, New Zealand. It is 44 km northwest of Wanganui. Patea is 17 km to the west, and Waitotara is 10 km to the southeast. State Highway 3 and the Marton - New Plymouth Line railway run through the town. [cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 44] [cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|id=ISBN 1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 97]

The population was 861 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of 42 from 2001. [cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/final-counts/tarankai-region.htm|title=Final counts – census night and census usually resident populations, and occupied dwellings - South Taranaki District|publisher=Statistics New Zealand]

It was an important colonial stronghold during the land wars of the 1860s, during which time the town was called Wairoa. The town is well known for its farming and thoroughbred stables. The race horse Kiwi was trained in the paddocks of a Waverley sheep farm by owner Snow Lupton, and went on to go from last in the final straight to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup.

Waverley has a black sand beach, the colour is due to iron sand deposits. The campground at the beach is well used in the summer months, as the beach provides safe surfing. Waverley has a number of cafes and coffee shops and is a popular place for tourists to stop for a break before entering the Taranaki region. Waverley LibraryPlus is open to the public 5 days a week, offering a full range of Council services, tourist information and library facility.

Education

Waverley Primary School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a decile rating of 3 and a roll of 128. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=2478|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Waverley Primary School|publisher=Ministry of Education] Public education started in the area in 1873. [cite journal|url=http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php/notices.php?action=view&id=55137|title=Jubilees & reunions: Waverley Primary School and Waverley High School|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand|volume=75|issue=22|date=16 December 1996] Waverley High School closed on 20 April 2007, [cite news|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00060.htm|title=Waverley High School to close|publisher=Scoop|date=3 April 2007] after its NCEA assessments were found to be unreliable. [cite news|url=http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3721897&thesection=localnews|title=We're not going anywhere: Waverley parents|publisher=Wanganui Chronicle|date=15 February 2007|last=Stowell|first=Laurel] [cite journal|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/e/2/8/48HansD_20070214_00000013-Questions-for-Oral-Answer-Questions-to-Ministers.htm|title=Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers: Waverley High School—Confidence in Oversight|journal=Hansard (New Zealand)|volume=637|pages=7319|year=2007]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.waverleyway.co.nz/ Waverley Way]

Further reading

General historical works

:*citation |title = Historic Waverley |place = Hawera, [N.Z.] |publisher = South Taranaki District Council |year = 2002 :*citation |first = Ione Margaret |last = Bremer |title = The early development of the Patea-Waverley district: a study of the problems of settling confiscated land (M.A., Victoria University) |year = 1962

:*citation |first = Robert |last = Bremer |title = Waverley School's first century: an historical record, including an introduction to early Waverley |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] ; Hawera, [N.Z.] |publisher = Waverley School Centennial Committee; Hawera Star |year = 1973

NOTE: "This book covers the history of the following schools": "Waverley District High School" ("the former" "Waverley School").

:*citation |author = Country Women's Institute |title = My District an Historical Survey |place = Wanganui, [N.Z.] |publisher = Wanganui Country Women's Institute |year = 1966 :*citation |first1 = Christine |last1 = How |first2 = Merle |last2 = Woodill |first3 = Laraine |last3 = Sole |first4 = Pam |last4 = Hurndell |first5 = Margaret |last5 = Kiff |title = 125 years schooling in the Waverley district reunion, 6th, 7th and 8th February 1998: this book covers the years 1973 to 1998 |place = Waverley [N.Z.] |publisher = 125 Years' Schooling in Waverley Reunion Committee |year = 1998

NOTE: "This book covers the history of the following schools": "Waverley Primary School; Waverley High School; St. Michael's School, Waverley; Kohi School; Mangawhio School; Moumahaki School; Ngutuwera School; Omahina School; Ridge Road School", and "Waverley Convent".

:*citation |first = Cecil Lawrence |last = Lovegrove |title = Wairoa 1866-1886 : military history of Waverley |place = Patea, [N.Z.] |publisher = Patea Historical Society Inc. |year = 1969 :*citation |first = C.J. |last = Roberts |title = Official History of the County of Patea |place = Patea, [N.Z.] |publisher = Patea County Council |year = 1937 :*citation |first = Laraine |last = Sole |title = Waverley, 1860-1920 |place = Waitotara, [N.Z.] ; Waverley, [N.Z.] ; Wanganui, [N.Z.] |publisher = L. Sole; Waverley-Aotea Rotary Club; Hanton & Anderson |year = 1983 :*citation |first = Laraine |last = Sole |title = Waverley, 1860-1920 |edition = 2nd |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = Waverley-Aotea Rotary Club |year = 1984 :*citation |first = Laraine |last = Sole |title = Waverley, 1860-1920 |edition = 3rd |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] ; Wanganui, [N.Z.] |publisher = Waverley-Aotea Rotary Club; Hanton & Anderson |year = 1990 :*citation |first = Laraine |last = Sole |title = Waverley the early families |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = L. Sole |year = 1996

:*citation |author = South Taranaki District Council |title = Waverley heritage inventory |place = Hawera, [N.Z.] |publisher = South Taranaki District Council |year = 2000 :*citation |author = South Taranaki District Council |title = Waverley heritage inventory |place = Hawera, [N.Z.] |publisher = South Taranaki District Council |year = 2003

Archaeology

:*citation |first = Peter |last = Bristow |title = An archaeological site survey of selected areas of the Waverley-Whenuakura region, March 1988 - June 1988 |place = Wanganui, [N.Z.] |publisher = Wanganui Regional Museum |year = 1988

Business history

Some of Waverley's banking history is publicly accessible, but "none" of it is held in Taranaki.

*The history of the ANZ bank is held in the ANZ National Bank Ltd. Archives in Wellington. For a summary of the type of records held, see web cite |title = ANZ Bank (New Zealand) Ltd. (X295) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=5346&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Eltham
accessdate = 2008-01-11
*There are duplicate sets of records for the Waverley branch of the Bank of New South Wales (now Westpac). The first is held in the web cite |title = J.C.Beaglehole Room, Victoria University of Wellington Library |url = http://www.vuw.ac.nz/collections/jcbr/index.aspx. A summary of this holding, and of the second one (held at the Westpac Archive, P.O. Box 691, Wellington) can be found at web cite |title = Bank of New South Wales (Y3515) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=12285&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Eltham
accessdate = 2008-01-11

:*citation |first = Ian N. |last = Church |title = Dairy enterprise: a history of the Whenuakura-Waverley Co-operative Dairy Company |place = Patea, [N.Z.] |publisher = Whenuakura-Waverley Co-operative Dairy Co. |year = 1976

*Records of the "auctioneering" and "stock and station firm" Freeman R. Jackson & Co. "(which had a branch in Waverley)" are stored at web cite |title = Whanganui Regional Museum |url = http://www.wanganui-museum.org.nz. The extent of these records can be viewed here: web cite |title = Freeman R. Jackson & Co. (B995) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=7148&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley
accessdate = 2008-01-11

*Records pertaining to the Wanganui Harbour Board "(from 1876-1989)" are available at the web cite |title = Wanganui District Council Archives |url = http://www.wanganui.govt.nz/Archives These specifically relate to the development of the "Waipipi ironsand" project. For a summary, see web cite |title = Wanganui Harbour Board, 1876-1989 (X1548) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=4364&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley |accessdate = 2008-01-11

Churches

"Anglican"

:*citation |title = St. Stephen's Church, Waverley, 75th jubilee, 1880-1955 |place = Hawera, [N.Z.] |publisher = J. C. Ekdahl & Son |year = 1955 :*citation |first1 = Molly |last1 = Wolfe |first2 = David J. |last2 = Clark |title = St. Stephen's Church, Waverley, 1880-1980 |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = Waverley-Waitotara Co-operating Parish |year = 1980

"Catholic"

:*citation |first = P.J. |last = Parson |title = Patea-Waverley parish centennial, 1891-1991 |place = Patea, [N.Z.] |publisher = The Churches? ; Shore Print |year = 1991

NOTE: "This book narrates the history of "St. Patrick's Church, Patea", "and" "St. Francis' Church, Waverley".

*Records pertaining to the 1910 foundation made in Waverley by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth are contained in the congregation's (i.e. the sisters') web cite |title = archives |url = http://www.sistersofsaintjoseph.org.nz . A summary of holdings is available at web cite |title = Sisters of Saint Joseph of Nazareth Archives (X5094) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=1716&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley |accessdate = 2008-01-11

"Presbyterian"

:*citation |title = St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Waverley : 90th anniversary celebrations 1877 - 1967, 11th - 12th November 1967 |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church |year = 1967 :*citation |title = Waverley district and parish: a historical survey of the first 100 years of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] ; Wanganui, [N.Z.] |publisher = St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church; Hanton & Anderson |year = 1976 :*citation |first1 = Evelyn |last1 = Hotter |first2 = Roy |last2 = Hotter |title = A.P.W. Waverley: 1953-2003 |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = Evelyn & Ray Hotter |year = 2003 :*citation |first1 = M.G. |last1 = Milmine |first2 = Barbara |last2 = Elmslie |first3 = Marsden |last3 = Scott |first4 = D.K. |last4 = Chamberlain |title = Waverley district and parish: historical survey of the first seventy years of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church |year = 1947

Clubs & organisations

:*citation |first = H.A. |last = Aitken |title = The Waverley Juniors From Over the Border Undefeated Junior Champions Wanganui Union 1950 |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = [Waverley] District High School |year = 1951 :*citation |first = Michael P. |last = Condon |title = Waverley-Waitotara Returned Services' Association (Incorporated), 1920-1995 |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = The Association |year = 1996 :*citation |author = Country Women's Institute |title = My District an Historical Survey |place = Wanganui, [N.Z.] |publisher = Wanganui Country Women's Institute |year = 1966 :*citation |first = A.T. |last = Gibson |title = From over the border: a history of the Waverley Rugby Football Club, 1877- 1977 |place = n.p. |publisher = n.p. |year = 1977 :*citation |first = Grahame (ed.) |last = Keene |title = Waverley Golf Club, 1903-2003: 100 years |place = n.p. [N.Z.] |publisher = Waverley Golf Club Centennial Committee |year = 2003

Environment

:*citation |first1 = Bruce D. |last1 = Clarkson |first2 = J.C. |last2 = McQueen |first3 = K. |last3 = Walbert |title = Eupatorium cannabinum invasion of Ihupuku Swamp, Waverley |place = Wanganui, [N.Z.] |publisher = Wanganui Conservancy, Department of Conservation |year = 2004 |isbn = 0-478-22546-6 :*citation |author = Taranaki Catchment Board |title = Preliminary survey of Waverley surface water resources |place = Stratford, [N.Z.] |publisher = Taranaki Catchment Board |year = 1989 :*citation |first = C.S. |last = Thompson |title = The Climate and Weather of the Taranaki Region |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = New Zealand Meteorological Service |year = 1981

Geology

:*citation |first = Charles Alexander |last = Fleming |title = The geology of the Wanganui subdivision: Waverley and Wanganui sheet districts (N137 and N138) |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Department of Science & Industrial Research |year = 1953

Maps

:*citation |author = New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey |title = Waverley |edition = provisional |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey |year = 1943

NOTE: Scale = 1: 63 360 (i.e. 1 inch to the mile) New Zealand. Dept. of Lands and Survey. NZMS 1 ; N137

:*citation |author = New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey |title = Waverley |edition = 2nd |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey |year = 1965

NOTE: Scale = 1: 63 360 (i.e. 1 inch to the mile) New Zealand. Dept. of Lands and Survey. NZMS 1 ; N137

:*citation |author = New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey |title = Waverley |edition = 3rd |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = New Zealand Department of Lands & Survey |year = 1976

NOTE: Scale = 1: 63 360 (i.e. 1 inch to the mile) New Zealand. Dept. of Lands and Survey. NZMS 1 ; N137

New Zealand wars

*Records pertaining to Willoughby Brassey "(who received a military "grant" of land in Waverley following service in the New Zealand Wars)" are held at the web cite |title = Whanganui Regional Museum |url = http://www.wanganui-museum.org.nz The extent of this material can be seen at web cite |title = Willoughby Brassey, 1818-1904 (B607) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=196&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley
accessdate = 2008-01-11

*Records pertaining to William Newland "(who fought in the New Zealand Wars near present-day Waverley)" are held at web cite |title = Puke Ariki |url = http://www.pukeariki.com/ The breadth of these records can be gauged at web cite |title = Newland, William, b.1839 (A112) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=6455&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley
accessdate = 2008-01-11

People

:*citation |title = Headstone Inscriptions Waverley Cemetery 11 August 1863 - 28 May 1977 |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = J.L. Jones |year = 1978 :*citation |first = Dorothea |last = Joblin |title = Harvey come quick: the story of the little doctor of Waverley |place = Auckland, [N.Z.] |publisher = Paul's Book Arcade |year = 1963 :*citation |first = Laraine |last = Sole |title = Waverley the early families |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = L. Sole |year = 1996 :*citation |first = Rudolph Guy Andras |last = Voullaire |title = Memories of my life: the story of a second generation settler in New Zealand |place = n.p. |publisher = P.A. Priggen & R.G.A. Voullaire |year = 2004

*Records pertaining to Edwin Barlow "(an immigrant from Stockport, England - who passed through Waverley in 1882)" are held at web cite |title = Puke Ariki |url = http://www.pukeariki.com/ The breadth of these records can be gauged at web cite |title = Edwin Barlow (B867) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=7032&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley
accessdate = 2008-01-11

*Records pertaining to Willoughby Brassey "(who received a military "grant" of land in Waverley following service in the New Zealand Wars)" are held at the web cite |title = Whanganui Regional Museum |url = http://www.wanganui-museum.org.nz The extent of this material can be seen at web cite |title = Willoughby Brassey, 1818-1904 (B607) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=196&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley
accessdate = 2008-01-11

*Records pertaining to John Cade "(a professional soldier)" are held at web cite |title = Whanganui Regional Museum |url = http://www.wanganui-museum.org.nz The breadth of these records can be gauged at web cite |title = Cade, John Robert (B608) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=171&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley
accessdate = 2008-01-11

*Records pertaining to the Hunter family "(who farmed in the area between 1878-1900)" are held at the South Taranaki District Museum in Patea. The breadth of these records can be gauged at web cite |title = Hunter Family (A2) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=6350&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley
accessdate = 2008-01-11

*Records pertaining to William Newland "(who fought in the New Zealand Wars near present-day Waverley)" are held at web cite |title = Puke Ariki |url = http://www.pukeariki.com/ The breadth of these records can be gauged at web cite |title = Newland, William, b.1839 (A112) |url = http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=6455&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=Waverley
accessdate = 2008-01-11

chools

:*citation |title = Kohi School Centennial 1876-1976 |place = Kohi, [N.Z.] |publisher = The School |year = 1976 :*citation |first = Richard A. |last = Benton |title = A Catholic education in Maori and English : comments on a possible bilingual programme at St. Michael's School, Waverley |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Maori Unit, New Zealand Council for Educational Research |year = 1979 :*citation |first = Richard A. |last = Benton |title = The Maori language in Waverley |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Maori Unit, New Zealand Council for Educational Research |year = 1979

:*citation |first = Robert |last = Bremer |title = Waverley School's first century : an historical record, including an introduction to early Waverley |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] ; Hawera, [N.Z.] |publisher = Waverley School Centennial Committee ; Hawera Star |year = 1973

NOTE: "This book covers the history of the following schools": "Waverley District High School" ("the former" "Waverley School").

:*citation |first1 = Christine |last1 = How |first2 = Merle |last2 = Woodill |first3 = Laraine |last3 = Sole |first4 = Pam |last4 = Hurndell |first5 = Margaret |last5 = Kiff |title = 125 years schooling in the Waverley district reunion, 6th, 7th and 8th February 1998: this book covers the years 1973 to 1998 |place = Waverley, [N.Z.] |publisher = 125 Years' Schooling in Waverley Reunion Committee |year = 1998

NOTE: "This book covers the history of the following schools": "Waverley Primary School; Waverley High School; St. Michael's School, Waverley; Kohi School; Mangawhio School; Moumahaki School; Ngutuwera School; Omahina School; Ridge Road School", and "Waverley Convent".

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