Waipawa

Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a population of 2,070 (June 2014 estimate).[1] At the 2013 census, it had a population of 1,965, a change of 2.2 percent from the 2006 census.[2]

The town is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of Waipukurau and 46 km (29 mi) southwest of Hastings, on the northern bank of the Waipawa River, a tributary of the Tukituki River.[3][4] Waipawa was settled in the early 1860s, and the Settler's Museum exhibits many of these historical collections.[5]

It holds the main office of the Central Hawke's Bay District Council, and holds the distinction of being New Zealand's oldest inland European settlement.

Waipawa was originally called Abbotsford.[6] There was also a children's home in Waipawa named Abbotsford.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2014 (provisional)". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014. Also "Infoshare; Group: Population Estimates - DPE; Table: Estimated Resident Population for Urban Areas, at 30 June (1996+) (Annual-Jun)". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Statistics New Zealand: 2013 Census About a place: Waipawa".
  3. ↑ Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. map 42. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  4. ↑ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. map 108. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  5. ↑ "Waipawa Travel Guide". Jasons Travel Media.
  6. ↑ "Discover Waipawa: Central Hawkes Bay - Unwind Country". Archived from the original on 14 May 2010.

Coordinates: 39°56′S 176°35′E / 39.933°S 176.583°E