Minginui Explained

Minginui
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:New Zealand
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:-38.5825°N 176.7822°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: New Zealand
Subdivision Name1:Bay of Plenty
Subdivision Type2:Territorial authority
Subdivision Name2:Whakatāne District
Subdivision Type3:Ward
Subdivision Name3:Galatea-Murupara
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:1464
Population Density Km2:auto

Minginui is a town in Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region on New Zealand's North Island.

The Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park is located near the town.[1]

In 1978, there was confrontation between the local community and conservationists over native forest logging in the park, then known as Whirinaki State Forest. Four bus loads of conservationists arrived in Minginui from an ECO conference being held in Taupō. The local residents barricaded the road leading to the forest preventing a planned bush walk.[2]

The 2006 New Zealand census recorded the population for the area as 1464, a reduction of 300 from 1996.[3]

External links

-38.6419°N 176.7326°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minginui Travel Guide . Jasons Travel Media.
  2. News: A Town Turns Out to Man the Barricades. 1978-06-05. NZ Herald.
  3. Web site: 2006 census results . stats.govt.nz . Statistics New Zealand.