Halcombe

Name

Halcombe, or "Halc"

Location

Halcombe is a small settlement in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is situated 10km north west of Feilding and 5km east of the Rangitikei River.

Geography

Halcombe is situated on rolling hill country. The village centre is in a relatively low lying gully.

About

Halcombe is home to 432 residents. There is a primary school (years 1-8) with a roll of approximately 120 pupils, a dairy, a pub, a public hall, two tennis courts, and a rugby field. The pub featured briefly on a tui t.v beer ad in the 1990's. A travelling circus large enough to own an elephant once set up on Halcombe rugby field. Halcombe has its own Rugby Football Club with club rooms on Willoughby Street.

The main railway through the North Island runs through Halcombe. There used to be a stop in the centre of the village, however this is no longer the case.

Halcombe was intended to be the main centre of Manawatu. For various reasons this did not come about. As a consequence a lot of farmland around Halcombe has paper roads on it.

The main industry in Halcombe is farming.

Points of Interest

In the centre of the village there is a war memorial. There is a dilapidated taxidermists in the central area.