Waipawa

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Town in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

title: "Waipawa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["central-hawke's-bay-district", "populated-places-in-hawke's-bay"] description: "Town in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand" topic_path: "general/central-hawke-s-bay-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waipawa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand ::

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The town is located 7 km northeast of Waipukurau and 46 km southwest of Hastings, on the northern bank of the Waipawa River, a tributary of the Tukituki River. Waipawa was settled in the early 1860s.

It holds the main office of the Central Hawke's Bay District Council, and is New Zealand's oldest inland European settlement.

Frederick Abbot was one of the early settlers and Waipawa was originally called Abbotsford, when the township was being sold in 1859, and there is still a children's home in Waipawa named Abbotsford. However, it was often shown as Abbotsford, Waipawa and Waipawa was more commonly used alone after the opening of the Waipawa railway station and Waipawa Mail in the late 1870s.

A local newspaper, the Waipawa Mail, was published for most of the period from 1878 to 1980. It was one of 45 started by Joseph Ivess. In 1980 it merged to become the CHB Mail, which is now a free weekly paper, published in Waipukurau.

Demographics

Stats NZ describes Waipawa as a small urban area, which covers 6.80 km2. It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.

Waipāwa had a population of 2,334 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 249 people (11.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 363 people (18.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,098 males, 1,230 females, and 9 people of other genders in 891 dwellings. 2.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 41.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 507 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 318 (13.6%) aged 15 to 29, 1,044 (44.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 465 (19.9%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 84.2% European (Pākehā); 26.3% Māori; 5.7% Pasifika; 1.9% Asian; 0.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.4%, Māori by 5.5%, Samoan by 1.3%, and other languages by 4.9%. No language could be spoken by 2.3% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.0, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 27.8% Christian, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Islam, 1.9% Māori religious beliefs, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.6% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.0% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 61.4%, and 7.1% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 282 (15.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,041 (57.0%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 501 (27.4%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $37,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 99 people (5.4%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 909 (49.8%) full-time, 240 (13.1%) part-time, and 48 (2.6%) unemployed.

Marae

Waipawa has two marae affiliated with the iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu. The Mataweka Marae and Nohomaiterangi meeting house are affiliated with the hapū of Ngāi Toroiwaho and Ngāti Whatuiāpiti. The Tapairu Marae and Te Rangitahi or Te Whaea o te Katoa meeting house are affiliated with the hapū of Ngāti Mārau o Kahungunu.

In October 2020, the Government committed $887,291 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the two marae and three others, creating 12 jobs.

Education

Waipawa School is a Year 1-8 co-educational state primary school. It is a decile 3 school with a roll of as of The school opened in 1862.

Waipawa used to have a secondary school, Waipawa District High School. This was merged in 1959 with Waipukurau District High School to make Central Hawke's Bay College based in Waipukurau.

Waipawa has been home to several youth organisations. Namely, the New Zealand Cadet Forces's ATC branch, as well as a Scouts New Zealand branch. However, since 2000, both major youth organisations have gone into recess.

Waipawa railway station

Main article: Waipawa railway station

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On 6 December 1981 the station closed to passengers, it was an unattended station from 20 November 1983, closed to all but parcels on 18 August 1984 and closed completely on 2 November 1984. By 1987 only a platform and goods shed remained. The platform, goods shed and a single track still remain.

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Waipawa (1991–2020 normals, extremes 2007–present) | Jan record high C = 35.4 | Feb record high C = 36.9 | Mar record high C = 30.8 | Apr record high C = 27.9 | May record high C = 26.9 | Jun record high C = 23.4 | Jul record high C = 19.8 | Aug record high C = 23.8 | Sep record high C = 25.3 | Oct record high C = 30.5 | Nov record high C = 29.5 | Dec record high C = 30.6 | year record high C = |Jan record low C = 1.8 |Feb record low C = 3.3 |Mar record low C = 0.8 |Apr record low C = -1.5 |May record low C = -4.3 |Jun record low C = -3.4 |Jul record low C = -4.4 |Aug record low C = -3.8 |Sep record low C = -3.2 |Oct record low C = -3.2 |Nov record low C = -1.9 |Dec record low C = 1.1 |year record low C = |Jan high C = 24.5 |Feb high C = 24.1 |Mar high C = 21.9 |Apr high C = 19.0 |May high C = 16.3 |Jun high C = 13.3 |Jul high C = 12.6 |Aug high C = 13.7 |Sep high C = 15.8 |Oct high C = 18.0 |Nov high C = 20.1 |Dec high C = 22.3 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 18.0 |Feb mean C = 18.0 |Mar mean C = 15.8 |Apr mean C = 13.1 |May mean C = 10.7 |Jun mean C = 8.1 |Jul mean C = 7.6 |Aug mean C = 8.4 |Sep mean C = 10.3 |Oct mean C = 12.1 |Nov mean C = 13.9 |Dec mean C = 16.3 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 11.5 |Feb low C = 11.8 |Mar low C = 9.6 |Apr low C = 7.2 |May low C = 5.0 |Jun low C = 2.8 |Jul low C = 2.5 |Aug low C = 3.1 |Sep low C = 4.8 |Oct low C = 6.3 |Nov low C = 7.8 |Dec low C = 10.3 | year low C = |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 65.3 |Feb rain mm = 55.1 |Mar rain mm = 60.2 |Apr rain mm = 79.6 |May rain mm = 59.6 |Jun rain mm = 79.0 |Jul rain mm = 101.4 |Aug rain mm = 61.3 |Sep rain mm = 64.5 |Oct rain mm = 66.5 |Nov rain mm = 56.4 |Dec rain mm = 60.7 |year rain mm = | Jan sun =256.0 | Feb sun =199.6 | Mar sun =196.4 | Apr sun =169.8 | May sun =162.1 | Jun sun =124.7 | Jul sun =139.6 | Aug sun =158.4 | Sep sun =186.5 | Oct sun =212.2 | Nov sun =233.3 | Dec sun =220.6 | year sun = |source 1 = NIWA |url = http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz |title = CliFlo – National Climate Database : Waipawa Ews |publisher = NIWA |access-date = 14 Sep 2024}}{{cite web|url = https://niwa.co.nz/sites/default/files/2024-12/Climate_Summary_November_2024_Final.pdf |title = Climate Summary November 2024 |publisher = NIWA |access-date = 4 Dec 2024}}

Notes

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