Waipawa
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Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island
of New Zealand
. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,872, a change of -2.0 percent since the 1996 census.
The town is located 7 km northeast of Waipukurau
and 46 km southwest of Hastings
, on the northern bank of the Waipawa River
, a tributary of the Tukituki River
.. Waipawa was settled in the early 1860s and the Settler’s Museum exhibits many of these historical collections
.
It holds the main office of the Central Hawke's Bay District Council, and holds the distinction of being Aotearoa's oldest inland European settlement.
Waipawa was originally called Abbotsford. There was a children's home in Waipawa named Abbotsford.
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,872, a change of -2.0 percent since the 1996 census.
The town is located 7 km northeast of Waipukurau
Waipukurau
Waipukurau , also known as Ypuk, is the largest town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 50 kilometres southwest of Hastings on the banks of the Tukituki River....
and 46 km southwest of Hastings
Hastings, New Zealand
The city of Hastings is a major urban settlement in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, and it is the largest settlement by population in Hawke's Bay. Hastings city is the administrative centre of the Hastings District...
, on the northern bank of the Waipawa River
Waipawa River
The Waipawa River is a river of southern Hawke's Bay, in New Zealand's eastern North Island. It flows from the slopes of Te Atua Mahuru in the Ruahine Range southeast past the town of Waipawa before joining the Tukituki River....
, a tributary of the Tukituki River
Tukituki River
The Tukituki River is found in the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It flows from the Ruahine Ranges to the Pacific Ocean at the southern end of Hawke's Bay....
.. Waipawa was settled in the early 1860s and the Settler’s Museum exhibits many of these historical collections
.
It holds the main office of the Central Hawke's Bay District Council, and holds the distinction of being Aotearoa's oldest inland European settlement.
Waipawa was originally called Abbotsford. There was a children's home in Waipawa named Abbotsford.