Kawana flour mill
The Kawana flour mill near Matahiwi was built in 1854, and is the last remaining flour mill on the Whanganui River and the only remaining 1850s mill machinery in New Zealand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Building
- Description: mill in Matahiwi, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Kawana Flour Mill” and “Kawana Flourmill and Waterwheel”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matahiwi and Ranana.
Matahiwi
Hamlet
Matahiwi is a farming community 55 kilometres upriver from Whanganui, New Zealand, home to the Māori hapū known as Ngā Poutama of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi.
Ranana
Hamlet
Ranana is a settlement 60 kilometres up the Whanganui River from Whanganui, New Zealand. Originally known as Kauika, it grew after 1848 as local Māori moved out of fortified pā settlements in peacetime. Ranana is situated 4 km west of Kawana flour mill.
Jerusalem
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Jerusalem, named for the Biblical Jerusalem, is a settlement 66 kilometres up the Whanganui River from Whanganui, New Zealand. Originally called Patiarero, it was one of the largest settlements on the Whanganui River in the 1840s with several hundred Ngāti Hau inhabitants of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. Jerusalem is situated 7 km northwest of Kawana flour mill.
Kawana flour mill
- Category: historic building
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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