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The town is located {{convert|7|km|mi|1}} northeast of [[Waipukurau]] and {{convert|46|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings]], on the northern bank of the [[Waipawa River]], a tributary of the [[Tukituki River]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|isbn=0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|at=map 42}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|isbn=1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|at=map 108}}</ref> Waipawa was settled in the early 1860s, and the Settler's Museum exhibits many of these historical collections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jasons.co.nz/waipawa|title=Waipawa Travel Guide |publisher=[[Jasons Travel Media]]}}</ref> |
The town is located {{convert|7|km|mi|1}} northeast of [[Waipukurau]] and {{convert|46|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings]], on the northern bank of the [[Waipawa River]], a tributary of the [[Tukituki River]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|isbn=0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|at=map 42}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|isbn=1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|at=map 108}}</ref> Waipawa was settled in the early 1860s, and the Settler's Museum exhibits many of these historical collections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jasons.co.nz/waipawa|title=Waipawa Travel Guide |publisher=[[Jasons Travel Media]]}}</ref> |
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It holds the main office of the Central Hawke's Bay District Council, and |
It holds the main office of the Central Hawke's Bay District Council, and is New Zealand's oldest inland European settlement. |
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Waipawa was originally called Abbotsford.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.centralhawkesbay.co.nz/discover_waipawa.shtml |title=Discover Waipawa: Central Hawkes Bay - Unwind Country |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514130857/http://www.centralhawkesbay.co.nz/discover_waipawa.shtml|archivedate=14 May 2010}}</ref> There was also a children's home in Waipawa named Abbotsford. |
Waipawa was originally called Abbotsford.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.centralhawkesbay.co.nz/discover_waipawa.shtml |title=Discover Waipawa: Central Hawkes Bay - Unwind Country |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514130857/http://www.centralhawkesbay.co.nz/discover_waipawa.shtml|archivedate=14 May 2010}}</ref> There was also a children's home in Waipawa named Abbotsford. |
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Revision as of 08:24, 14 July 2017
Waipawa | |
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  Waipawa Waipawa's location within the North Island | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′S 176°35′E / 39.933°S 176.583°E | |
| Land | Neuseeland |
| Region | Hawke's Bay |
| Territorial authority | Central Hawke's Bay District |
| Population (June 2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,160 |
| Postcode(s) | 4210 |
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 2,160 (June 2018).[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 is 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
- ^ a b "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2019". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020. For urban areas, "Subnational population estimates (UA, AU), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001, 2006–18 (2017 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Statistics New Zealand: 2013 Census About a place: Waipawa".
- ^ Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. map 42. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. map 108. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
- ^ "Waipawa Travel Guide". Jasons Travel Media.
- ^ "Discover Waipawa: Central Hawkes Bay - Unwind Country". Archived from the original on 14 May 2010.
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