Kawerau
Kawerau is a town in the Bay of Plenty Region on the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated 100 km south-east of Tauranga and 58 km east of Rotorua.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Air55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tarawera High School and Pūtauaki.
Tarawera High School
School
Tarawera High School is a secondary school located in Kawerau, New Zealand. It is the only secondary school serving the town, and serves students from Years 7 to 13.
Pūtauaki
Peak
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Pūtauaki, known in English as Mount Edgecumbe, is a dacite volcanic cone in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. A King of the Mountain race was run on Pūtauaki as part of the international King of the Mountain series between 1955 and 2020, and proceeds were donated to charity. Pūtauaki is situated 4 km southeast of Kawerau.
Kawerau Power Station
Power station
Photo: Rjglewis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kawerau Power Station is a 100-megawatt geothermal power plant located just outside the town of Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. Kawerau Power Station is situated 3 km northeast of Kawerau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Onepu and Te Teko.
Onepu
Locality
Onepu is a rural community in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Onepu is the original name of the Rohe which the Kawerau township now stands. Onepu is situated 8 km northeast of Kawerau.
Te Teko
Village
Te Teko is a small inland town along the banks of the Rangitaiki River in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The township includes a racecourse, golf course, police station, and a primary school. Te Teko is situated 10 km northeast of Kawerau.
Kawerau
- Type: Town with 7,600 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty
- Category: locality
- Location: Kawerau District, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.08574° or 38° 5′ 9″ southLongitude
176.70333° or 176° 42′ 12″ eastPopulation
7,600Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)United Nations Location Code
NZ KAWOpen location code
4VHRWP73+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 939088035OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Kawerau” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kawerau”
- Catalan: “Kawerau”
- Cebuano: “Kawerau”
- Chinese: “卡韋勞”
- Dutch: “Kawerau”
- French: “Kawerau”
- German: “Kawerau”
- Italian: “distretto di Kawerau”
- Italian: “Distretto di Kawerau”
- Japanese: “カウェラウ”
- Malay: “Kawerau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kawerau”
- Polish: “Kawerau”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kawerau”
- Turkish: “Kawerau”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع کاوراو”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kawerau Police Station and Kawerau Town Hall.
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