Colville

Colville is a small town in the north of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. It lies 26 kilometres north of Coromandel and is the northernmost town of any note on the peninsula. Beyond it lies 28 kilometres of rough road leading to the small settlement of Port Jackson, close to the peninsula's northwesternmost point, Cape Colville and 20 km to Port Charles on the northeastern side. The town is the service and social centre for the area with a Co-operatively-owned General Store, Postal Delivery Centre, Volunteer Fire Brigade, School, Community Halls and several houses. Just beyond the town is the beginning of the Te Moehau Range, which forms the bulk of the northern end of the Coromandel Peninsula, and contains...