Dannevirke (Dane's work), is a rural service town in the southern Hawke's Bay area of New Zealand. It is the major town of the administrative district of Tararua, the easternmost of the districts in which the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council has responsibilities. The surrounding area has developed into dairy and sheep farming, which now provides the major income for the town's population of 6,000. Image File history File links NZ-Dannevirke. ... Hawkes Bay is a region of New Zealand. ... The Tararua District lies near the south-east corner of New Zealands North Island. ... Manawatu-Wanganui is a region situated in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffalo, sheep or goats) and other farm animals, for human consumption. ... Species See text. ...

The town was founded on 15 October 1872 by Danish, Norwegian and Swedish settlers, who arrived at the port of Napier and moved inland. The settlers, who arrived under the Public Works Act, built their initial settlement in a clearing of the Seventy Mile Bush. The settlement quickly earned the nickname of "sleeper town", as the town's purpose was to provide totara sleepers for the Napier-Wellington railway. At one stage the area had 50 operating sawmills. After the native bush was cleared, the land was turned into pasture for grazing animals. The town hosts the Dannevirke Garden and Craft Expo, an annual event that has grown to a considerable size. 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Napier is an important port city in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. ... Binomial name Podocarpus totara G. Benn. ... Phyla Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

The Australian politician, and former Premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke-Petersen was born in Dannevirke. Famed Sydney Lawyer, Jan Kelly, is also a native of Dannevirke. Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005), New Zealand-born Australian politician, was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of the state of Queensland. ...

Curiosity:

The antipode of Dannevirke is located close to Getafe in the center of Spain. This world map (in red) is overlaid with an antipodal map (in yellow) showing the antipodes of each point on the Earths surface. ... Location Location of Getafe Coordinates : 40° 18’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Getafe (Spanish) Spanish name Getafe Founded 1326 Postal code 28901-28909 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Getafe) Website http://www. ...

External links

• Half a dozen locally-relevant profiled websites
• Tararua District Council
• Local page of GenWeb

Coordinates: 40°12′S 176°06′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...