Bunnythorpe

Bunnythorpe is a village in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand's North Island, 10 km north of the region's major city, Palmerston North. Dairy farms predominate the surrounding area but the community facilities include Bunnythorpe School, with a roll of about 80 pupils as of 2010 as well as a Rugby Football Club, Country Club and several manufacturing plants. A large electrical substation operates nearby. Bunnythorpe takes its name from Henry Bunny, Secretary-Treasurer of the Wellington Provincial Council, which functioned from 1853 to 1876. Bunnythorpe also gave birth to the Glaxo company and its products. In 1904 Joseph Nathan and Sons founded a baby-food manufacturer which processed local milk into a baby food named Glaxo...