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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
[Pohangina]
Eight miles by road from Ashurst, in the midst of what was but a very short time back a dense virgin forest, the new township of Pohangina has been laid off, its population being 163, with seventy-eight more in the neighbourhood, at the census of 1896. The township with its immediate surroundings constitutes the Pohangina Riding of the County of the same name, and is in the Electoral District of Palmerston. There is a post, telephone, and money-order office in charge of the leading storekeeper, and mails arrive and depart three times per week. The saw-milling industry is presently the most prominent feature of Pohangina. Settlement is, however, rapidly progressing on all sides, and in a few years' time there can be no doubt that the township will have lost its primitive appearance and have become a country town of the usual character.