Hāwera FC are a New Zealand

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club based in

Hāwera Hāwera is the second-largest centre in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight. The origins of the town lie in a government military base that was established ...

, in the

South Taranaki South Taranaki is a territorial authority on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island that contains the towns of Hāwera (the seat of the district), Manaia, Ōpunake, Patea, Eltham, and Waverley. The District has a land area of 3,575.46&nbs ...

region of the North Island. Its home ground is Turuturu Park. The Hāwera Association Football Club was founded in April 1906. Hāwera won the original Taranaki Championship and Julian Cup five times, in 1908, 1922, 1923, in 1931 shared the title with Albion AFC and 1937. Hāwera entered the

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for the first time in

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and were knocked out in the first ever Taranaki preliminary final. In

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Hāwera were knocked out in the Taranaki preliminary rounds by Overseas Football Club (New Plymouth). Hawera didn't enter the cup again until

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. In

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the club reached the third round of the competition for the first time, its best result to date. Its last appearance in the Chatham Cup was in 2009. The club first joined the

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Division Three in 1991. With the introduction of the Central League Premier Division in 1992 and restructuring of the league Hāwera FC were placed in Central League Division Two where the club remained until withdrawing from the competition at the completion of the 1995 season.

Honours

Taranaki Championship – Julian Cup – 1908, 1922, 1923, 1931 (shared), 1937, 1980. Taranaki Premiership – 2001. Duff Rose Bowl – 1936,1996, 2002, 2015. Central Football Federation Cup – 2015 Champions

References

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