Greytown
Greytown, is a rural town in the South Wairarapa District in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is 77 km by road north-east of Wellington and 24 km southwest of Masterton, travelling via State Highway 2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,720 residents
- Description: town in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Greytown, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greytown Library and Greytown School.
Cobblestones Museum
Museum
Cobblestones is a regional museum and heritage village in Greytown, New Zealand. The museum is centred around the original historic Hastwell stables and existing cobblestones used by stage coaches travelling between Masterton and Wellington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pāpāwai and Dalefield.
Pāpāwai
Hamlet
Pāpāwai is a historic settlement and marae located near Greytown, New Zealand. In the late 19th century, the marae was an important site of Te Kotahitanga, the Māori parliament movement. Pāpāwai is situated 3 km southeast of Greytown.
Dalefield
Hamlet
Dalefield is a rural community in the Carterton District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It was the location of the Dalefield railway station on the Wairarapa Line between 1880 and 1981. Dalefield is situated 6 km north of Greytown.
Tauwharenīkau
Hamlet
Tauwharenīkau is a rural locality and a statistical area in the South Wairarapa District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The locality is on SH 2 about 5 km east of Featherston and 7 km southwest of Greytown by road, and the statistical area covers the Tauwharenīkau River valley and plain north of SH 53. Tauwharenīkau is situated 8 km southwest of Greytown.
Greytown
- Category: locality
- Location: South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.08063° or 41° 4′ 50″ southLongitude
175.46055° or 175° 27′ 38″ eastPopulation
2,720Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)Named after
George GreyUnited Nations Location Code
NZ GRTOpen location code
4VCQWF96+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1581952506OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6225996Wikidata ID
Q984008
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Greytown” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Greytown”
- Catalan: “Greytown”
- Chinese: “格雷敦”
- Dutch: “Greytown”
- French: “Greytown”
- German: “Greytown”
- Japanese: “グレイタウン”
- Malay: “Greytown, New Zealand”
- Maori: “Hūpēnui”
- Maori: “Te Hūpēnui”
- Polish: “Greytown”
- Russian: “Грейтаун”
- Spanish: “Greytown (Nueva Zelanda)”
- Spanish: “Greytown”
- Turkish: “Greytown”
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