Pāpāwai
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in South Wairarapa District, Wellington Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Papawai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cobblestones Museum and Cobblestone Museum Colonial Cottage.
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. Cobblestones Museum is situated 3 km northwest of Pāpāwai.
Cobblestone Museum Colonial Cottage
Historic building
Photo: Bruce Kirk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cobblestone Museum Colonial Cottage is a historic building, which is situated 3 km northwest of Pāpāwai.
Hastwell Stables
Historic building
Photo: Bruce Kirk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hastwell Stables is a historic building, which is situated 3 km northwest of Pāpāwai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greytown and Ponatahi.
Greytown
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Greytown is situated 3 km northwest of Pāpāwai.
Ponatahi
Locality
Ponatahi is a community in the South Wairarapa District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located near the Ruamahanga River south-southeast of Carterton and north east of Greytown. Ponatahi is situated 7 km east of Pāpāwai.
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 8 km north of Pāpāwai.
Pāpāwai
- Category: locality
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.09671° or 41° 5′ 48″ southLongitude
175.48694° or 175° 29′ 13″ eastElevation
46 metres (151 feet)Open location code
4VCQWF3P+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1700572800OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Pāpāwai” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Papawai”
- Turkish: “Papawai”
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Highlights include Pāpāwai Marae and Papawai Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pāpāwai”. Photo: Deanpemberton, CC BY-SA 2.5.