Motupipi
Locality in Tasman District, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Motupipi is a settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island, located at the mouth of the Motupipi River east of Tākaka.
The name Motupipi translates as the island or bush (motu) with pipi shellfish, referring to the pipi which are found on the beach.[1]
Europeans first surveyed the area in 1842 and began settling it in 1850. The settlement began as about 1500 acres of small dairy, fruit and hop farms.[1]
There are records of several notable early settlers:
The Golden Bay Coal Company began mining for coal at Motupipi in the early 20th century.[1]
Motupipi School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[2] with a roll of 88 as of August 2024.[3]
The school was established during the 1850s, making it one of the oldest schools in the Tasman District. By 1905, the school was a one-roomed building with a roll of 60 students and capacity for 10 more.[1]