Porewa
Porewa is a rural community, in the Rangitikei District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is the location of the former Porewa railway station. The station is 164 metres above sea level, 11 kilometres from Marton Railway Station. Geography Several rivers run through the area, including the Rangitikei River, Moawhango River, the Mangawharariki River and the Kawhatau River. The mostly rural area is sparsely populated. Pohonui-Porewa had the following boundaries with other statistical areas: Moawhango to the north, Whanawhana (towards Hastings, Hawke's Bay) to the northeast, Tikokino (Central Hawke's Bay) to the east, Pohangina (Manawatū) to the southeast, Kiwitea (Manawatu) to the south, Tokorangi-Hiwinui (Manawatu) and Lake Alice to the southwest and Fordell-Kakatahi (Whanganui) to the west. History Porewa was one of the first communities in the Rangitikei District to get a school. A railway station was established in 1887. By 1897, the rural settlement consisted of a small wooden schoolhouse, two homes, and a one-acre school playground. The school could accommodate 40 students, had a roll of 36, had average attendance of 27, and had a single sole teacher in charge. The Porewa railway station closed in 1982, and there is now a single track