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Moonshine is a suburb of Upper Hutt in the lower (southern) North Island of New Zealand. [1] It comprises a rural area located northwest of urban Upper Hutt and south of Paekākāriki . [ 2 ]
Moonshine Valley is a Rural Locality and thinly populated valley with a population of around 228 in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, centred on the Moonshine Hill Road which leaves State Highway 58 near Judgeford and goes over the Tararua Range to the Riverstone Terraces suburbs and then joins River Road, Upper Hutt.
In New Zealand, stills and instruction in their use are sold openly. Hokonui moonshine was produced in Southland by early settlers whose (then) illegal distilling activities gained legendary status; see Hokonui Hills. Hokonui Moonshine is now produced legally and commercially by the Southern Distilling Company which has recently started to ...
"Moonshine" is a song by New Zealand rapper Savage featuring Senegalese-American singer Akon, released in March 2005 as the second single from Savage's debut studio album, Moonshine (2005). It was also included on Savage's 2008 album, Savage Island .
During the nineteenth century, the region gained a reputation for the production of illicit alcohol known as Hokonui moonshine. [1] The association between the region and illicit alcohol lasted until the 1930s and has passed into New Zealand folklore.
The road was first formed during the 1870s. [1] From the 1940s to the 1970s there were proposals for a railway line, the Haywards–Plimmerton Line, via this route.. In June 2010 a road assessment programme found that the Haywards Hill road was amongst the worst in the Wellington region, scoring only 2 out a possible 5. [2]
The album included Moonshine from the previous album as well as a remix version of the New Zealand number-one hit Not Many. The release also featured two new singles Wild Out (Chooo Hooo) and Hot Like Fire. These songs became New Zealand singles chart hits with the former becoming Savage's fourth top-ten peaking song in the national chart.
Moonshine can be made both more palatable and perhaps less dangerous by discarding the "foreshot" – the first 50–150 millilitres (1.8–5.3 imp fl oz; 1.7–5.1 US fl oz) of alcohol that drip from the condenser. Because methanol vaporizes at a lower temperature than ethanol, it is commonly believed that the foreshot contains most of the ...