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.[1][2]

It holds the main office of the district council, and holds the distinction of being Aotearoa's oldest inland European settlement.

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  1. ^ Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books, map 42. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8. 
  2. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton, map 108. ISBN 1-877333-20-4. 

Coordinates: 39°56′S, 176°35′E

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