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〕 |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 1881 |established_title1 = Settled |established_date1 = 28 February 1882 |established_title2 = Incorporated (borough) |established_date2 = 25 July 1892 |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |extinct_title = |extinct_date = |founder = W. W. McCardle |named_for = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_max_footnotes= |elevation_min_footnotes= |elevation_m = 103 |elevation_ft = 341 |elevation_max_m = |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = |elevation_min_ft = |population_total = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |timezone1 = NZST |utc_offset1 = +12 |timezone1_DST = NZDT |utc_offset1_DST = +13 |latd = 40 |latm = 27 |lats = 12 |latNS = S |longd = 175 |longm = 50 |longs = 27 |longEW = E |postal_code_type = Postcode(s) |postal_code = 4910 |area_code_type = |area_code = 06 |website = (www.pahiatua.org.nz ) }} Pahiatua is a rural service town in the south-eastern North Island of New Zealand with an urban and rural population of over 4,000. It is between Masterton and Woodville on State Highway 2 and the Wairarapa Line railway, north of Masterton and east of Palmerston North. It is usually regarded as being in the Northern Wairarapa, but for local government purposes it is in the Tararua District, which encompasses Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Woodville and Dannevirke. Unusually for a town of its size Pahiatua has retained several amenities that were lost to similar towns around New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s, in particular banking, postal services, and a cinema. The town is served by three banks, a post office, a supermarket, four schools (3 Primary, 1 Secondary), a volunteer fire brigade, and a public library. == Name == There are conflicting accounts of how the town acquired its name. When translated from Māori, the name Pahiatua means "god's resting place". The explanation accompanying this translation is that a chief fleeing from his enemies was led by his war god to this hill to seek refuge. However, the town's founder, William Wilson McCardle, claims to have given it its name.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pahiatua」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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