Iwitahi is a rural locality in the
Taupo District and
Bay of Plenty Region
The Bay of Plenty ( mi, Te Moana-a-Toi) is a region of New Zealand, situated around a bight of the same name in the northern coast of the North Island. The bight stretches 260 km from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaway ...
of
New Zealand
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's North Island. It is situated on
State Highway 5 between
Taupo and
Napier, about 20 km southeast of Taupo. It is a farming area, largely surrounded by forest, close to the plains of the upper
Rangitaiki River
The Rangitaiki River is the longest river in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand's North Island. It is long, and rises inland from northern Hawkes Bay to the east of the Kaingaroa Forest.
The Rangitaiki catchment covers an area of 3005&nb ...
. The locality was formerly known as ''Iwatahi''.
[''Wise's New Zealand guide'' (1969) Dunedin: H. Wise & Co, p. 106]
References
Taupō District
Populated places in the Bay of Plenty Region
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