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Kokatahi
Kokatahi is located in West Coast
Kokatahi
Kokatahi
Location in West Coast
Country New Zealand
Region West Coast
District Westland District
Electorates West Coast-Tasman
Te Tai Tonga
Time zone UTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
7881
Area code(s) 03
Local iwi Ngāi Tahu

Kokatahi is a locality on the West Coast of New Zealand. Hokitika is about 15 km to the north-west. The Kokatahi River flows through the area and into the Hokitika River to the north-west.

Farming in the area started in the late 1860s to produce oats and vegetables to feed the gold rush miners and their horses. Dairy farming makes up a large percentage of the farms in and around Kokatahi. In 1900-1901 a dairy factory opened at Kokatahi.

Education

Kokatahi-Kowhitirangi School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of 27 as of February 2024.

Police shootings

On 4 October 1941, Stanley Graham went on a shooting rampage after a neighbour of Graham's, Anker Madsen, complained to Constable Edward Best, stationed in nearby Kaniere, that Graham was accusing him of poisoning his cattle. Best decided not to respond in order to give Graham time to calm himself.

Best later returned with additional policeman and tried to disarm Graham. In the process Graham then shot and killed four policeman.

Graham was later shot dead on 17 October 1941 after a massive police manhunt led by Commissioner of Police Denis Cummings.

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