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Eltham

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location_on Taranaki, New Zealand
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Eltham is a small inland town in South Taranaki, New Zealand, positioned 50 kilometres south of the town of New Plymouth and southeast of the volcanic cone of Mount Taranaki/Egmont. Stratford is 11 kilometres north, Kaponga 13 km west, and Hawera is nineteen km south. State Highway 3 runs through the metropolis. Eltham is South Taranaki's 2d largest city. Population changed into 1980 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of one hundred twenty from 2001. Eltham is known as the cradle of the Taranaki dairy industry, and for being the only place in New Zealand that synthetic rennet that's critical in cheesemaking.

It became additionally the first vicinity to export butter to England. Settlement began in Eltham inside the 1870s with blocks of densely forested land being taken up in particular to the north of Mountain Road. A large quantity of sawmilling organizations cleared the district which while grassed turned into found to be perfect for dairy farming. In 1884, the 12 months Eltham was d a town district, settlers, particularly from England, arrived there and the town had a population of 25. Eltham became d a borough in 1901, and became part of South Taranaki District with the neighborhood body amalgamations of 1989.

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