Hook, New Zealand
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State Highway 82 diverges from State Highway 1 in Hook, and the Main South Line railway passes through the locality. The railway was opened on 1 February 1877 but Hook station is now closed.[2]
Demographics
Hook is part of the Makikihi-Willowbridge statistical area.[3]
References
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- ↑ John Yonge (editor), New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas, fourth edition (Essex: Quail Map Company, 1993), 23.
- ↑ Template:NZ census place summary 2018
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