History
The settlement was founded in 1867. Early settlers farmed sheep, cattle and horses. A flour mill was run by local Maori. A creamery was built in 1904 and expanded into a dairy factory in 1908. It expanded to include cheese-making in 1913, and again to produce casein in 1923. It closed in 1970.
A meteorite exploded above Mokoia on 26 November 1908, showering the area with fragments. It made international headlines. One of the surviving fragments, recovered from the farm of Cecil Hawken is now held in the Puke Ariki heritage collection. Mokoia was one of the areas where soldiers were given rehab farms after World War II.
Statistics
Mokoia is a small settlement in south Taranaki located on State Highway 3, 10 kilometers to the east of Hawera and about 17 km northwest of Patea.
Population
Weather
Average temperature 13.2°C
Average rainfall 1150mm
Mokoia School
Primary
http://www.mokoiaprimary.school.nz/Mokoia School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a decile rating of 7 and a roll of 30. The first school in the area was built in 1904, but was replaced by the current school in the early 1940s.