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Waiau could refer to several places in
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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Settlements

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Waiau Pa Waiau Pa is a small town of Auckland, New Zealand. It is in the Franklin Ward of Auckland Council. The name means "River of swirling currents" in the Māori language. The Waiau Pa Presbyterian Church on the corner of McKenzie Road and Seagrove ...
, south of Auckland * Waiau, Waikato, on the Coromandel Peninsula *
Waiau, Bay of Plenty Waiau is a rural locality in the Western Bay of Plenty District of New Zealand. It is on the northern side of Tauranga Harbour, and is east and north from Waihi Beach and east of Athenree. Waiau River and run through it. William Wright Fal ...
, between Waihi and Waihi Beach * Waiau, Taranaki *
Waiau, Canterbury Waiau is a small town in north Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies east of Hanmer Springs on the northern bank of the Waiau Uwha River, some from the river's mouth. There is a small supermarket, a DIY store and a petrol sta ...
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Franz Josef / Waiau Franz Josef / Waiau is a small town in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Whataroa is to the north-east, and the township of Fox Glacier is to the south-west. The Waiho River runs from the Franz Josef Glacier to the south ...
, on the West Coast near
Franz Josef Glacier The Franz Josef Glacier (; officially Franz Josef Glacier / ) is a temperate maritime glacier in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Together with the Fox Glacier to the south, and a third glacie ...


Geographic features

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Waiau Bay Waiau could refer to several places in New Zealand: Settlements * Waiau Pa, south of Auckland * Waiau, Waikato, on the Coromandel Peninsula * Waiau, Bay of Plenty, between Waihi and Waihi Beach * Waiau, Taranaki * Waiau, Canterbury * Franz Jose ...
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Waiau River, Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay's Waiau River is one of at least four rivers of this name in New Zealand. It rises in the Kaingaroa Forest to the west of Lake Waikaremoana Lake Waikaremoana is located in Te Urewera in the North Island of New Zealand, 60 kilometres ...
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Waiau River, Canterbury Waiau Uwha River, previously known as the Waiau River, is a river in north Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand. The Waiau Uwha River rises in the Spenser Mountains and flows eastward to the Pacific Ocean. The Waiau Uwha River has the ...
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Waiau River, Southland The Waiau River is the largest river in the Southland region of New Zealand. 'Waiau' translates to 'River of Swirling Currents'. It is the outflow of Lake Te Anau, flowing from it into Lake Manapouri to the south, and from there flows south for ...
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Waiho River The Waiho River (traditionally the Waiau River) is a river of the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. It is fed by the meltwater of the Franz Josef Glacier and skirts the main township of Franz Josef to its south, where its river be ...
on the West Coast, formerly known as the Waiau River


Other New Zealand locations

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Waiau Branch The Waiau Branch was a branch line railway in the northern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Known as the Great Northern Railway for its first few decades of life, the Waiau Branch was seen as part of a main line north but was ...
, a Canterbury branch line railway in service from 1882 to 1978: see also
Weka Pass Railway The Weka Pass Railway is a New Zealand heritage railway based in Waipara, North Canterbury. It is operated on a 12.8 km length of the former Waiau Branch railway between Waipara and Waikari. The railway is operated by an incorporated socie ...


Elsewhere

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Lake Waiau Lake Waiau is a high-elevation lake located at above sea level on Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaiʻi. It is arguably one of the highest lakes in the United States. After the evaporation of Ka Wai o Pele in 2018 and the short-lived lake in Hal ...
on Mauna Kea in Hawaii {{geodis