Ohakune is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the Tongariro National Park, close to the southwestern slopes of the active volcano Mount Ruapehu. The town is 70 kilometres northeast of Wanganui, and 25 kilometres west of Waiouru. On the eastern edge of the town is a large orange carrot, which celebrates the areas growing of a great number of carrots. Image File history File links NZ-Ohakune. ... The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... Tongariro National Park is in the central North Island of New Zealand, to the southwest of Lake Taupo. ... A volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the Earths interior made molten or liquid by extremely high temperatures along with a reduction in pressure and/or the introduction of water or other volatiles) erupts through the surface of the planet. ... Mount Ruapehu, or just Ruapehu, is an active stratovolcano, situated at the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. ... Wanganui is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Waiouru is a small town in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

It is a rural service town and a base for skiers using the Turoa skifield. The town's population is 1293 (2001 census). Turoa is a skifield on Mount Ruapehu in the North Island of New Zealand. ...

Seventeen kilometres to the east of the town is the small settlement of Tangiwai, which on December 24, 1953 was the site on the North Island Main Trunk Railway of New Zealand's worst railway accident, resulting in the loss of 151 lives. December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The NIMT is the railway line connecting Auckland and Wellington, the two major cities of New Zealands North Island. ... The Tangiwai disaster was the worst rail accident in New Zealand history. ...