Norsewood

Norsewood is a small rural settlement in the Tararua District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.The town is situated east of the Ruahine Mountain range and is located 20 kilometres northeast of Dannevirke.The Norsewood area, as defined by Statistics New Zealand, covers 397.35 km2, including the township and the surrounding rural hinterland.Upper Norsewood features the town's main road, Coronation Street, a gift shop, a visitor's centre and a Pioneer Museum housed in an 1888 building.Lower Norsewood, located 1 km to the south, features Hovding Street and Norsewear, a company which provides woolen garments in Norwegian designs.[4] Norsewood was founded by mainly Norwegian settlers in 1872 as a loggers’ settlement and retains a Scandinavian tenor.[14] The town appears in the television series The Almighty Johnsons, where some of its descendants are the reincarnations of Norse gods.
Lower Norsewood, Hovding Street and Norsewear
Good luck Trolls of Norsewood
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