The dispute is resolved in favour of Rangitāne. There was a dispute at the time between the rival iwi Ngāti Rangitāne and Ngāti Raukawa as to who had the right to sell. In 1858, the Government began negotiations with local iwi to purchase land in Manawatu. In 1846 Charles Hartley, another trader, heard from tangata whenua of a clearing in the Papaioea forest, and he proceeded through the dense bush and forest and discovered it for Europeans. Colonel Wakefield heard of the potential that the Manawatu had for development and visited in 1840. He reported his discovery on arrival back to Porirua. He came on a whaling ship and explored possibly as far inland as the site of Woodville. Ngāti Rangitāne were the local Māori iwi ( tangata whenua) living in the area known as Te Ahu-ā-Tūranga, when a trader, Jack Duff, became the earliest known European to explore the area c. JSTOR ( November 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. Popular attractions include Te Manawa (a museum and art gallery that includes the New Zealand Rugby Museum), and several performing arts venues. Linton Military Camp, Palmerston North Hospital, and the establishment of Massey University (in 1927) have reduced the dependence on farming due to more skilled workers, since the early 20th century. The west coast railway was built in 1886, linking the town to Wellington, and Palmerston North benefited from a booming pastoral farming industry. Įarly Palmerston North relied on public works and sawmilling. Today, the name is often informally shortened to "Palmy". The suffix North was added in 1871 to distinguish the settlement from Palmerston in the South Island. On foundation, the British settlement was bestowed the name Palmerston, in honour of Viscount Palmerston, a former British Prime Minister. In the mid-19th century, it was settled by Europeans-originally by Scandinavians and, later, British settlers.
The city's location was once little more than a clearing in a forest and occupied by small communities of Māori, who called it Papa-i-Oea, believed to mean "How beautiful it is". The city covers a land area of 395 square kilometres (98,000 acres). The official limits of the city take in rural areas to the south, north-east, north-west and west of the main urban area, extending to the Tararua Ranges including the town of Ashhurst at the mouth of the Manawatu Gorge, the villages of Bunnythorpe and Longburn in the north and west respectively. The estimated population of Palmerston North city is 90,400 (June 2022). Palmerston North is the country's eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of 81,200 (June 2022). Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatu River, 35 km (22 mi) from the river's mouth, and 12 km (7 mi) from the end of the Manawatu Gorge, about 140 km (87 mi) north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North ( / ˈ p ɑː m ər s t ən/ Māori: Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region.
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