Tauweru | |
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Locality | |
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| Coordinates: 40°58′S 175°48′E / 40.967°S 175.800°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Wellington Region |
| Territorial authority | Masterton District |
Tauweru, alternatively Taueru, and previously known as Wardell,[1] or Wardelltown[2] is a locality[3] in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after and located on the middle reaches of the Tauweru River, which drains into the Ruamahanga River near Gladstone and Te Whiti, and the name is a Māori-language word meaning "hanging in clusters".[1]
Tauweru is situated east of the Wairarapa's largest town, Masterton, and is located on the main road between Masterton and Castlepoint.[4] The nearest railway is the Wairarapa Line in Masterton. In June 1942, Tauweru was the epicentre of one of the most destructive earthquakes since European settlement of the Wairarapa in the mid-19th century.[5]
- ^ a b Sharpe, Marty, 6 July 2002, "Tauweru Spelling Stays a Hot Issue" Archived 2007-08-15 at archive.today, Wairarapa Times-Age.
- ^ Results of the New Zealand Census, 28 March 1886, "Results of a Census of the Colony of New Zealand"
- ^ "Place name detail: Tauweru". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Map showing Tauweru's location
- ^ Masterton District Library and Wairarapa Archive: A Night of Terror - the 1942 Earthquake