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Pongaroa is a town in the Tararua District, in the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand, 110 kilometres southwest of Hastings and 200 kilometres northeast of Wellington. The nearest town is Pahiatua, 50 kilometres to the west. Popular Ākitio Beach is 30 kilometres to the east.
Web Site www.wildsidefarm.co.nz. Mangatiti Falls. 6.5 Kilometres South of Pongaroa on the Coast Road are the spectacular Mangatiti Falls. Accessed by walking track through private farmland, the falls can be viewed from above or, by following a marked bush track visitors can reach the river at the base.
Pongaroa is the birthplace of Dr Maurice Wilkins who won the Nobel Prize for his part in uncovering the secrets of DNA. A memorial to Dr Wilkins stands on the village green opposite the corner store.
Pongaroa is a town in the Tararua District, in the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand, 110 kilometres southwest of Hastings and 200 kilometres northeast of Wellington. The nearest town is Pahiatua, 50 kilometres to the west.
Pongaroa is a rural servicing centre. Settled in the 1890s, the town initially supported a timber mill. Once the bush was cleared, the land became sheep and beef cattle country. Pongaroa was the birthplace of Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (1916–2004), who won a Nobel Prize in 1962 for his contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA.
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