Tawhai Falls

Tawhai Falls is a waterfall in Greater Wellington, North Island and has an elevation of 931 metres. Tawhai Falls is situated nearby to the hamlet Whakapapa Village.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mahuia Rapid and Chateau Tongariro.

Mahuia Rapid

Rapids

Photo: Genet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mahuia Rapid is a rapids, which is situated 3 km north of Tawhai Falls.

Chateau Tongariro

Building

Chateau Tongariro

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The Grand Chateau, also known as the Chateau Tongariro, was a hotel and resort complex located in Whakapapa Village close to Whakapapa skifield on the slopes of Mount Ruapehu, within the boundaries of Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's oldest national park. Chateau Tongariro is situated 3½ km southeast of Tawhai Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whakapapa Village and Iwikau Village.

Whakapapa Village

Hamlet

Whakapapa Village

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Whakapapa Village is a small village in the Ruapehu District of New Zealand, which serves as the main entrance to Tongariro National Park. Whakapapa Village is situated 4 km southeast of Tawhai Falls.

Iwikau Village

Hamlet

Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Iwikau Village is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km southeast of Tawhai Falls.

Tawhai Falls

Type: Waterfall
Description: Waterfall in New Zealand
Category: body of water
Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-39.17302° or 39° 10′ 23″ south

Longitude

175.51475° or 175° 30′ 53″ east

Elevation

931 metres (3,054 feet)

Height

13 metres (43 feet)

Open location code

4VGQRGG7+QV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2014628214

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Tawhai Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Tawhai Falls” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Tawhai Falls”
German: “Tawhai Falls”
Slovenian: “Tawhai Falls”

Localities in the Area

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