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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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
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Waiau, Waikato, on the Coromandel Peninsula
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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 Falls ...
, between Waihi and Waihi Beach
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Waiau, Taranaki
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Waiau, Canterbury
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Franz Josef / Waiau, 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 Josef ...
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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, a Canterbury branch line railway in service from 1882 to 1978: see also
Weka Pass Railway
Elsewhere
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Lake Waiau on Mauna Kea in Hawaii
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