Pahiatua is a rural service town in the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. Pahiatua is 60 kilometres north of Masterton and 20 kilometres east of Palmerston North, and is usually regarded as being in the Wairarapa, although for local government purposes it is considered part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region. The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... Masterton is the largest town (and local government district) in the Wairarapa region in the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. ... Palmerston North is a city in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... The Wairarapa is a district or subregion of New Zealand occupying the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of Wellington and south-west of Hawke Bay. ... Manawatu-Wanganui is a region situated in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

Founded to take advantage of the Napier-Wellington railway, the bypass of the township by said railway meant the township had to grow in other ways. The surrounding area of dairy and sheep farming supports the small community of 2,600. Napier is an important port city in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. ... Alternative meanings at Wellington (disambiguation) A view of Wellington from the top of Mount Victoria. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York, July 2001 In many northern-hemisphere countries a dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffaloes, sheep or goats) for human consumption. ... Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ...

Sir Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister and later Governor General of New Zealand, was born in Pahiatua. The Right Honorable Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO, was a New Zealand politician. ... The Prime Minister of New Zealand is most senior officer in the Government of New Zealand. ... Flag of the Governor General of New Zealand The Governor-General of New Zealand is the local representative of the Queen of New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II, and as such is the highest office in the Government of New Zealand. ...