Hook,_New_Zealand

Hook, New Zealand

Hook, New Zealand

Rural locality in Canterbury, New Zealand

Hook is a lightly populated locality in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.[1] It is situated on coastal plains by the Pacific Ocean and Wainono Lagoon. Hook River flows through Hook into the Wainono Lagoon. The nearest town is Waimate, approximately 8 km to the southwest, and other nearby localities include Makikihi to the north, Waiariari to the west, and Studholme to the south.

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State Highway 82 diverges from State Highway 1 in Hook, and the Main South Line railway passes through the locality. The railway was opened on 1 February 1877 but Hook station is now closed.[2]

Demographics

Hook is part of the Makikihi-Willowbridge statistical area.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Place name detail: Hook". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  2. [2]
    John Yonge (editor), New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas, fourth edition (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 23.
  3. [3]
    2018 Census place summary: Makikihi-Willowbridge
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