Papanui Junction

Papanui Junction is a rural community in the Rangitikei District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located west of Taihape, in the Turakina Valley.[1]

Overview

Several Māori land blocks are located in the hill country north-east of the junction, including a 157.7 hectare lot with 87 owners and a 52.5 hectare lot with 173 owners.[2]

The area's windy gravel roads may have been a factor in a fatal crash in 2008.[3]

GNS Science recorded slight landsliding on the hills between Papanui Junction and Kakatahi during flooding in June 2015.[4]

Education

Papanui Junction School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[5] with a roll of 7 as of March 2020.[1] It is the most isolated school in the wider Taihape area.[6]

The school held a commemorative Daffodil Day in August 2016 to commemorate a local man who was heavily involved in the school, who had recently died of cancer.[7]

Papaunui Junction School is a sole charge school due to its low roll. In June 2018, the New Zealand Educational Institute campaigned for better conditions for the sole charge principal.[8]

References
  1. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  2. "Papanui Junction". landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research.
  3. Lobban, Nichola (12 May 2008). "Shooter in critical condition after 200-metre plunge". APN New Zealand. Whanganui Chronicle.
  4. Page, M.J.; Rosser, B.J.; Townsend, D.B.; Carey, J.M.; Ries, W.F. 2015. Reconnaissance report on landsliding caused by the 19–20 June 2015 rainstorm in the Taranaki-Wanganui-Manawatu region, GNS Science Consultancy Report 2015/172.
  5. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  6. Dwyer, Fiona. "Fiona Dwyer: Taihape principals' cluster". Ministry of Education. Educational Leaders.
  7. Kilmister, Sam (29 August 2016). "Taihape schools remember cancer victim on Daffodil Day". Stuff. Manawatu Standard.
  8. Browne, Alistair (31 January 2018). "Rangitīkei rural schools fight for better conditions". Stuff. Manawatu Standard.

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