Waiouru
Waiouru is a small town in the Ruapehu District, in New Zealand's Manawatū-Whanganui region. It is located on the south-eastern North Island Volcanic Plateau, 130 km north of Palmerston North and 25 kilometres south-east of Mount Ruapehu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 765 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Warouru”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Army Museum and Waiouru Military Camp.
National Army Museum
Museum
Photo: Stagking, Public domain.
The National Army Museum is the museum of the New Zealand Army. It was formerly known as the Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum. It is located on State Highway One, on the southern side of the small military town of Waiouru.
Waiouru Military Camp
Military installation
Photo: New Zealand Defence Force, CC BY 2.0.
Waiouru Military Camp is a camp of the New Zealand Army in the central North Island of New Zealand near Waiouru. All New Zealand Army soldiers complete their initial basic training, the All Arms Recruit Course, at Waiouru Military Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tangiwai.
Tangiwai
Locality
Tangiwai is a 2,696.66 km2 census area and a small rural community in the Ruapehu District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Tangiwai is situated 7 km west of Waiouru.
Waiouru
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Ruapehu District, Manawatū–Whanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.47721° or 39° 28′ 38″ southLongitude
175.66978° or 175° 40′ 11″ eastPopulation
765Elevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)United Nations Location Code
NZ WAOOpen location code
4VGQGMF9+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 331660552OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Waiouru” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Waiouru”
- Catalan: “Waiouru”
- Cebuano: “Waiouru”
- Chinese: “懷歐魯”
- Dutch: “Waiouru”
- French: “Waiouru”
- German: “Waiouru”
- Japanese: “ワイオウル”
- Malay: “Waiouru”
- Maori: “Waiouru”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Waiouru”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waiouru”
- Norwegian: “Waiouru”
- Polish: “Waiouru”
- Portuguese: “Waiouru”
- Swedish: “Waiouru”
- Turkish: “Waiouru”
- Urdu: “وایورو”
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