Waipopo

Waipopo
Waipōpō
Rural settlement
Map
Coordinates: 44°16′23″S 171°19′55″E / 44.273°S 171.332°E / -44.273; 171.332
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Territorial authorityTimaru District
WardPleasant Point-Temuka
Area
 • Total0.25 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2018 Census)[2]
 • Total87
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)

Waipopo or Waipopo Huts is a bach community[3] in the Timaru district and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Waipopo is on the southern side of the Ōpihi River mouth, 11.5 kilometres southeast of Temuka and 17.3 northeast of Timaru by road.[4]

The huts are on land owned by the Waipopo Huts Māori Reserve Trust, who provided a 100-year lease of the land which expired in 2003. Twenty-seven leaseholders declined to sign a new lease.[5] The Trust subsequently charged rent for the land at higher prices.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Allison, Claire (23 March 2011). "Hut holders have uncertain future in legal contest". The Press.
  4. ^ Harriss, Gavin (July 2021). "NZ Topo Map" (Map). Waipopo, Canterbury.
  5. ^ "Waipopo Leaseholders in Court". Timary Herald. 11 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Tenants quit Waipopo Huts". Timaru Herald. 26 February 2013.