Ohakune

Ohakune is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the Tongariro National Park, close to the southwestern slopes of the active volcano Mount Ruapehu. Part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region, the town is 70 kilometres northeast of Wanganui, and 25 kilometres west of Waiouru. As of May 2003 the population for Ohakune was 1293. On the eastern edge of the town there is a large replica of a carrot, which celebrates the area's reputation as the source of a high proportion of New Zealand's carrots. This is reputedly the world's largest model carrot. State Highway 49 runs through the town, as does the North Island Main Trunk Railway. From 18 December 1917 until 1 January 1968, Ohakune was also the junction...