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The Employment Catalyst:PATEA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST (478 words) |
 | To create a successful visitor attraction in Patea - an authentic depiction of Maori life in pre-European times, set in a fortified village on the northern bank of the Patea River. |
| Patea is a town of very high unemployment with several generations of benefit dependency. |
| The Patea River Pa is by far the most ambitious of these and as a result has the potential to create the greatest number of "FTEs" in a range of disciplinesÂ…" |
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patea - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (123 words) |
| It is 55 kilometres west of Wanganui, on the banks of the Patea River, and had a 2001 population of 1302. |
| The town came to national attention in the second half of the 20th century for the closure of the main employer, a freezing works. |
| Subsequently it gained more fame, in and beyond New Zealand, as the home of Maori singer Dalvanius Prime and the group Patea Maori Club, whose single, "Poi E", was one of the early indicators of a renewed impetus in Maori popular music. |
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