Nightcaps

For other uses, see Nightcap (disambiguation).

Nightcaps

Nightcaps is a town in the Southland Region of New Zealand's South Island. According to the 2013 New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings, its population is 294, consisting of 165 males and 132 females.^[1] This represents a decline of 15 people since the 2006 census. State Highway 96 passes through Nightcaps as it runs between Ohai and Winton. The town has a golf course and two primary schools that cater to students from Nightcaps, the surrounding rural area, and since the 2003 closure of its own school, Ohai.^[2]

It has a community website, designed to give information to all new and existing members of the surrounding community. TAKITIMU ONLINE

Nightcaps has a more industrial history than most Southland towns due to nearby coal deposits. A private railway was built from the terminus of the New Zealand Railways Department's Wairio Branch to Nightcaps to provide more efficient transport of coal; operated by the Nightcaps Coal Company, it opened not long after the state's railway reached Wairio in 1909. In 1918, a proposal was made to build another line to coal interests around Ohai, and the construction of this line was fiercely opposed by the Nightcaps Coal Company, fearing a loss of business. However, construction was approved in July 1919 with a deviation through Morley Village, considered part of Nightcaps. The first section of the line, including the part serving Morley Village, opened on 1 September 1920. Ohai was reached four years later, and in 1925, the Nightcaps Coal Company ceased to operate; they handed over their railway line to the Railways Department, who dismantled it in 1926 as the Ohai line was capable of catering for traffic from Nightcaps. The Ohai line continues to operate, primarily for the carriage of coal, and it is one of the few remaining rural branch lines out of many that once existed throughout New Zealand. It has been part of the national rail network since 1 June 1990.^[3]

References

↑ "QuickStats About Nightcaps". Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ Map of Nightcaps showing golf course, highway, and schools.
↑ Churchman, Geoffrey B., and Hurst, Tony; The Railways Of New Zealand: A Journey Through History, (Wellington: Grantham House, 1991), pg. 210.

Towns and communities in the Southland District territorial authority

Five Rivers Ward	Athol Castlerock Eyre Creek Fairlight Five Rivers Garston Josephville Lowther Lumsden Mossburn Nokomai Parawa Saint Patricks

Riverton Ward	Colac Bay Gummies Bush Orepuki Pahia Riverton/Aparima Thornbury Waipango

Stewart Island Ward	Oban

Te Anau Ward	Cascade Creek Knobs Flat Manapouri Milford Sound Te Anau The Key

Te Tipua Ward	Brydone Edendale Glencoe Morton Mains Ota Creek Seaward Downs Te Tipua Waitane

Toetoes Ward	Curio Bay Fortification Fortrose Glenham Haldane Mokoreta Niagara Otara Pine Bush Pukewao Quarry Hills Redan Slope Point Titiroa Te Peka Tokanui Waipapa Point Waikawa Waimahaka Wyndham

Tuatapere Ward	Blackmount Clifden Merrivale Monowai Papatotara Piko Piko Pukemaori Te Tua Te Waewae Tuatapere

Waihopai Ward	Ashers Dacre Gorge Road Grove Bush Kapuka Kapuka South Longbush Mabel Bush Makarewa Mokotua Oteramika Rakahouka Rimu Roslyn Bush Timpanys Woodlands

Waikaia Ward	Ardlussa Balfour Kauhoe Riversdale Waikaia Wendon Wendonside

Wallace Ward	Drummond Fairfax Isla Bank Nightcaps Ohai Otahuti Otautau Wairio Wreys Bush

Wallacetown Ward	Branxholme Lochiel Ryal Bush Spar Bush Tussock Creek Waianiwa Wallacetown Waimatuku

Winton Ward	Benmore Browns Caroline Centre Bush Dipton Dipton West Hedgehope Kauana Lady Barkly Limehills Oreti Plains Otapiri South Hillend Springhills Winton

Coordinates: 45°58′S 168°02′E / 45.967°S 168.033°E / -45.967; 168.033

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