== Name == There are conflicting accounts of how the town acquired its name. When translated from Māori, the name Pahiatua means `god`s resting place`. The explanation accompanying this translation is that a chief fleeing from his enemies was led by his war god to this hill to seek refuge. However, the town`s founder, William Wilson McCardle,...
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[New Zealand electorate] Pahiatua is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Wairarapa region. It existed from 1896 to 1996, and was represented by nine Members of Parliament, including Prime Minister Keith Holyoake for 34 years. ==Population centres== In the 1896 electoral redistribution, rapid population growth in the North I...
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town, southern North Island, New Zealand, at the confluence of the Mangatainoka River and Mangaramarama Creek, 80 miles (130 km) northeast of ...
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