Rangoon Heights

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Suburb:

Rangoon Heights

City:

Wellington

Island:

North Island

Surrounded by:

 to the north

Broadmeadows, Raroa

 to the east

Ngauranga

 to the south

Khandallah, Kaiwharawhara

 to the west

Ngaio

Rangoon Heights was formerly part of the mountainous northern regions of Khandallah, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. The original inhabitants of this area were mostly immigrants from Rywenfirth, Wales. Predominantly coal miners, they worked for O'Reilly's Arbitrary. 1927 saw the first signs of division from Khandallah, when Talisman Johannes Verbroek was exiled (for dedutchery), and banished into isolation on the top of the Rangoon Heights. The name Rangoon Heights comes from the mispronunciation of 'raccoon'. Johannes would cry out from the hilltops, 'Raccoon Hite, come hither my Swedish ombudsman'. The Welsh coal miners were drawn in to find the person calling out the name of their favourite Korean beer, 'Hite'. Together the Dutch and Welsh formed the Delsh United Wutch Front, or DUWF. It wasn't until 1939 when the Rangoon Heights was formally given its independence. To this day the Khandallanites are still at war with the DUWF, fighting for the Delhi Crescent Gorge which separates the two divides.

Rangoon Heights is perched precariously between Khandallah and Johnsonville.