Weber | |
|---|---|
 Waihi Falls | |
  Weber | |
| Coordinates: 40°24′05″S 176°18′40″E / 40.40139°S 176.31111°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Manawatū-Whanganui |
| Territorial authority | Tararua District |
Weber is a hamlet situated 28 km south-east of Dannevirke and 23 km WNW of Herbertville, on the east coast of New Zealand. Weber was named after the German born surveyor Charles H. Weber (*1830) who died during a surveying project near Woodville in 1886. His body was only found three years after his disappearance.
Weber is just off the former State Highway 52. This is a scenic tourist route between Waipukurau and Eketāhuna which also runs past the place with the world's longest place name, Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu. A short distance from Weber are the Waihi Falls.[1] Weber had a cemetery, located approximately 2 km to the west of the settlement. It contains around 51 burial plots with just under half of those being aged 13 or under.[2] A recent, (2013), memorial to those buried there has been erected alongside the main road into Weber.
Weber is the exact antipode for the Spanish capital Madrid.[3]
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- ^ "WEBER Cemetery, Dannevirke, New Zealand :: FamilyTreeCircles.com Genealogy". Familytreecircles.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Find the other side of the world!". Antipodr.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.