New Zealand - Dargaville - Dargaville Intermediate School - Room 1 - 1997 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Dargaville - A town in the North Island of New Zealand - It is situated on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River in the Kaipara District of the Northland region. - The town is located 55 kilometres southwest of Whangārei. - It is noted for the high proportion of residents of Croatian descent. - The area around it is one of the chief regions in the country for cultivating kumara (sweet potato) and so Dargaville is known by many locals as the Kumara Capital of New Zealand.