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{{Short description|Locality in Southland District, Southland Region, New Zealand}}
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'''Waimahaka''' is a locality in the [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]] region of [[New Zealand]]'s [[South Island]].<ref name="linz">{{LINZ|6648||16 November 2007}}</ref> It is situated in a rural area, inland from [[Toetoes Bay]]. Nearby settlements include [[Pine Bush, New Zealand|Pine Bush]] and [[Titiroa]] to the northwest, [[Fortification, New Zealand|Fortification]] and [[Te Peka]] to the east, [[Pukewao]] and [[Tokanui]] to the southwest, and [[Fortrose, New Zealand|Fortrose]] on the coast to the south.
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[[File:Waimahaka_in_1952.jpg|thumb|Waimahaka in 1952]]
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'''Waimahaka''' is a locality in the [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]] region of New Zealand's [[South Island]].<ref name="linz">{{LINZ|6648||16 November 2007}}</ref> It is situated in a rural area, inland from [[Toetoes Bay]]. Nearby settlements include [[Pine Bush, New Zealand|Pine Bush]] and [[Titiroa]] to the northwest, [[Fortification, New Zealand|Fortification]] and [[Te Peka]] to the east, [[Pukewao]] and [[Tokanui, Southland|Tokanui]] to the southwest, and [[Fortrose, New Zealand|Fortrose]] on the coast to the south.


== Railway ==
== Railway ==
[[File:K_class_loco_at_Waimahaka.jpg|thumb|[[NZR K class (1877)|K class loco]] at Waimahaka]]
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On 9 June 1899,<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 1899 |title=Seaward Bush Railway. Southland Times |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18990610.2.18 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> a {{Convert|6|mi|61|ch|abbr=on}}''<ref name=":3232">{{Cite web |last=Scoble |first=Juliet |title=Station Archive |url=https://railheritage.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Station_Archive_4web-2.xls |website=Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand}}</ref>'' extension of the [[Tokanui Branch|Seaward Bush Branch]] was opened from [[Gorge Road]] to Waimahaka.<ref>''New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas'', fourth edition, edited by John Yonge (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 30.</ref> This [[branch line]] [[railway]] linked Waimahaka with [[Invercargill]], {{Convert|25|mi|47|ch|abbr=on}} away.''<ref name=":3232" />'' A {{Convert|60|ft|abbr=on}} [[motive power depot|engine shed]], {{Convert|50|ft|abbr=on}} [[turntable (railroad)|locomotive turntable]], coal store, {{Convert|40|ft|abbr=on}} x {{Convert|30|ft|abbr=on}} [[goods shed]], [[George Troup (architect)#Standard station designs|5th class station]], stationmaster's house, platform, loading bank, cattle yards, privies, urinals and 3 platelayers' cottages were established at the Waimahaka station. Another cottage was added in 1908 and a telephone in 1909.''<ref name=":3232" />'' The opening of the railway allowed Waimahaka to develop at the expense of Fortrose, as the railway provided quicker transport to [[Invercargill]] than the vessels that called at Fortrose's small port.<ref name="cpa">Catlins Promotions Association, [http://www.catlins.org.nz/history.htm "History - Fortrose"], accessed 15 November 2007.</ref> On 20 December 1911, the railway was extended to Tokanui and Waimahaka's engine facilities were transferred there.<ref name="leitch">David Leitch and Brian Scott, ''Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways'', revised edition (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998 [1995]), 125-6.</ref>


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Passengers and freight were carried together on [[mixed train]]s that ran daily to and from Invercargill. In 1951, these were cut to operate just once per week, mainly for the benefit of families employed by the [[New Zealand Railways Department|Railways Department]] who lived in the area; goods-only trains operated on other days. On 1 June 1960, passenger services were fully cancelled and trains through Waimahaka catered solely for freight until the line officially closed on 31 March 1966 as freight levels had not been profitable for years. The loading bank<ref name="leitch" /> and station platform remain identifiable,<ref>{{Citation |last=Wheel5800 |title=Waimahaka Platform edge |date=2008-02-27 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/46769458@N08/4703032896/ |access-date=2023-09-11}}</ref> and the goods shed has been refurbished for other uses.<ref>{{Citation |last=Wheel5800 |title=Old Goods Shed |date=2008-02-27 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/46769458@N08/4702398455/ |access-date=2023-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=28 Waimahaka-Fortification Rd |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-46.5159722,168.8168682,3a,15y,345.37h,88.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCDpMW6x7H5R1siAQzhEdsQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Google Maps |language=en}}</ref> Some of the line's old [[track bed|formation]] can still be seen in the vicinity of Waimahaka.<ref name="leitch" />
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On 18 June 1899, an extension of the [[Tokanui Branch|Seaward Bush Branch]] was opened from [[Gorge Road]] to Waimahaka.<ref>''New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas'', fourth edition, edited by John Yonge (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 30.</ref> This [[branch line]] [[railway]] linked Waimahaka with [[Invercargill]], and an [[motive power depot|engine shed]], [[turntable (railroad)|locomotive turntable]], and [[goods shed]] were established at the Waimahaka station.<ref name="leitch">David Leitch and Brian Scott, ''Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways'', revised edition (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998 [1995]), 125-6.</ref> The opening of the railway allowed Waimahaka to develop at the expense of Fortrose, as the railway provided quicker transport to [[Invercargill]] than the vessels that called at Fortrose's small port.<ref name="cpa">Catlins Promotions Association, [http://www.catlins.org.nz/history.htm "History - Fortrose"], accessed 15 November 2007.</ref> On 20 December 1911, the railway was extended to Tokanui and Waimahaka's engine facilities were transferred there.<ref name="leitch"/>


There was a Post Office at the station from 1902 to 1953 and a new Post Office and telephone exchange building opened on 15 September 1966, after closure of the station on Sunday, 31 July 1966.''<ref name=":3232" />'' The Post Office was among many closed by [[Richard Prebble]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 1987 |title=List of P.O. closings and modifications. Press |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19871016.2.39 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
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Passengers and freight were carried together on [[mixed train]]s that ran daily to and from Invercargill. In 1951, these were cut to operate just once per week, mainly for the benefit of families employed by the [[New Zealand Railways Department|Railways Department]] who lived in the area; goods-only trains operated on other days. On 1 June 1960, passenger services were fully cancelled and trains through Waimahaka catered solely for freight until the line officially closed on 31 March 1966 as freight levels had not been profitable for years. The station platform and loading bank remain identifiable, and the goods shed has been refurbished for other uses. Some of the line's old [[track bed|formation]] can still be seen in the vicinity of Waimahaka.<ref name="leitch"/>

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{{s-note|text=Former adjoining stations}}
{{Rail line|previous=[[Titiroa#Railway|Titiroa]]<br /><small>Line closed, station closed<br />{{convert|5.11|km|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Yonge|first1=John Roger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OsnRPgAACAAJ|title=New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas|last2=Company|first2=Quail Map|date=1993|publisher=Quail Map Company|isbn=9780900609923|language=en}}</ref></small>|next=[[Te Peka#Railway|Te Peka]]<br /><small>Line closed, station closed<br />{{convert|2.49|km|abbr=on}}</small>|route=[[Tokanui Branch]]|col={{BR(E) colour}}}}
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== Education ==
== Education ==


Waimahaka School operated from 1901 to 2012.<ref name="Waimahaka School bell tolls">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/features/8080824/Sadness-as-bell-tolls-for-school|title=Sadness as bell tolls for school|date=16 December 2012}}</ref> The school began with more than 25 students, a teachers' residence was built in 1908, and a second classroom, play shed, washhouse, bathroom and stoves were added in 1920. The site was remodelled in the 1950s. The school moved to a new larger site to accommodate a larger post-war roll in 196, with a new teachers' residence being added in 1968.<ref name="msmith">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Majory |title=A High Point of Vantage: The history of the Waimahaka, Pine Bush and Fortification districts |date=October 2001 |publisher=Craig Printing Co |location=New Zealand}}</ref> By 2006, the school had 16 students and featured netball fields, a rugby field, a covered swimming pool heated with solar panels, and a computer for every child.<ref name="Waimahaka School TKI">{{cite web |title=Waimahaka School |url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=4040 |website=tki.org.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Ministry of Education]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002174343/http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=4040 |archive-date=2 October 2006}}</ref> The school roll had dropped to four students by its final year of teaching in 2012.<ref name="Waimahaka School bell tolls" />
Waimahaka has a small primary school. Named Waimahaka School, it has sixteen students on its roll.<ref name="school">Te Kepe Ipurangi, [http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=4040 "School Information: Waimahaka School"], accessed 16 November 2007.</ref>
The school is well resourced with netball courts, a rugby field, and a covered swimming pool, heated with solar panels. The library is extensive boasting over 3,000 books. The classroom has an interactive whiteboard and a computer for every child. The school has fast speed wireless internet.
Contact email address is [waimahaka.sch@woosh.co.nz]
Although small in stature the school is big in heart. It is extremely well supported, not only by the parents but the wider community.
ERO has visited recently and given the school a good report.


== References ==
== References ==
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Waimahaka in 1952

Waimahaka is a locality in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island.[1] It is situated in a rural area, inland from Toetoes Bay. Nearby settlements include Pine Bush and Titiroa to the northwest, Fortification and Te Peka to the east, Pukewao and Tokanui to the southwest, and Fortrose on the coast to the south.

Railway

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K class loco at Waimahaka

On 9 June 1899,[2] a 6 mi 61 ch (10.9 km)[3] extension of the Seaward Bush Branch was opened from Gorge Road to Waimahaka.[4] This branch line railway linked Waimahaka with Invercargill, 25 mi 47 ch (41.2 km) away.[3] A 60 ft (18 m) engine shed, 50 ft (15 m) locomotive turntable, coal store, 40 ft (12 m) x 30 ft (9.1 m) goods shed, 5th class station, stationmaster's house, platform, loading bank, cattle yards, privies, urinals and 3 platelayers' cottages were established at the Waimahaka station. Another cottage was added in 1908 and a telephone in 1909.[3] The opening of the railway allowed Waimahaka to develop at the expense of Fortrose, as the railway provided quicker transport to Invercargill than the vessels that called at Fortrose's small port.[5] On 20 December 1911, the railway was extended to Tokanui and Waimahaka's engine facilities were transferred there.[6]

Passengers and freight were carried together on mixed trains that ran daily to and from Invercargill. In 1951, these were cut to operate just once per week, mainly for the benefit of families employed by the Railways Department who lived in the area; goods-only trains operated on other days. On 1 June 1960, passenger services were fully cancelled and trains through Waimahaka catered solely for freight until the line officially closed on 31 March 1966 as freight levels had not been profitable for years. The loading bank[6] and station platform remain identifiable,[7] and the goods shed has been refurbished for other uses.[8][9] Some of the line's old formation can still be seen in the vicinity of Waimahaka.[6]

There was a Post Office at the station from 1902 to 1953 and a new Post Office and telephone exchange building opened on 15 September 1966, after closure of the station on Sunday, 31 July 1966.[3] The Post Office was among many closed by Richard Prebble in 1987.[10]

  Former adjoining stations  
Titiroa
Line closed, station closed
5.11 km (3.18 mi)[11] 		  Tokanui Branch   Te Peka
Line closed, station closed
2.49 km (1.55 mi)

Education

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Waimahaka School operated from 1901 to 2012.[12] The school began with more than 25 students, a teachers' residence was built in 1908, and a second classroom, play shed, washhouse, bathroom and stoves were added in 1920. The site was remodelled in the 1950s. The school moved to a new larger site to accommodate a larger post-war roll in 196, with a new teachers' residence being added in 1968.[13] By 2006, the school had 16 students and featured netball fields, a rugby field, a covered swimming pool heated with solar panels, and a computer for every child.[14] The school roll had dropped to four students by its final year of teaching in 2012.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Place name detail: Waimahaka". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 16 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Seaward Bush Railway. Southland Times". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 June 1899. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Scoble, Juliet. "Station Archive". Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
  4. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas, fourth edition, edited by John Yonge (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 30.
  5. ^ Catlins Promotions Association, "History - Fortrose", accessed 15 November 2007.
  6. ^ a b c David Leitch and Brian Scott, Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways, revised edition (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998 [1995]), 125-6.
  7. ^ Wheel5800 (27 February 2008), Waimahaka Platform edge, retrieved 11 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Wheel5800 (27 February 2008), Old Goods Shed, retrieved 11 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "28 Waimahaka-Fortification Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  10. ^ "List of P.O. closings and modifications. Press". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 16 October 1987. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  11. ^ Yonge, John Roger; Company, Quail Map (1993). New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas. Quail Map Company. ISBN 9780900609923. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ a b "Sadness as bell tolls for school". 16 December 2012.
  13. ^ Smith, Majory (October 2001). A High Point of Vantage: The history of the Waimahaka, Pine Bush and Fortification districts. New Zealand: Craig Printing Co.
  14. ^ "Waimahaka School". tki.org.nz. New Zealand Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 2 October 2006.

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