Wairere Falls
Wairere Falls, the highest waterfall in New Zealand's North Island, plunges 153 metres in two steps over the Kaimai escarpment. The waterfall is located between Te Aroha and Matamata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Okauia and Wardville.
Okauia
Hamlet
Okauia is a rural settlement and community located east of Matamata, in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of articles threaded on a stick" for Ōkauia. Okauia is situated 7 km southwest of Wairere Falls.
Wardville
Hamlet
Walton is a settlement in New Zealand. It is sited at the junction of Walton Road and Morrinsville Walton Road, in the Central Waikato Region. The Walton Golf Club is 2 kilometres from the centre of the village. Wardville is situated 8 km west of Wairere Falls.
Wairere Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Waikato, New Zealand
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.73419° or 37° 44′ 3″ southLongitude
175.87957° or 175° 52′ 47″ eastElevation
484 metres (1,588 feet)Height
153 metres (502 feet)Open location code
4VJQ7V8H+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5432533827OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Persian—“Wairere Falls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cascades Wairere”
- Cebuano: “Wairere Falls (busay, lat -37,73, long 175,88)”
- Cebuano: “Wairere Falls”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وايرير فالس”
- German: “Wairere Falls”
- Persian: “آبشار وایرر”
- Persian: “ابشار وایرر”
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Highlights include Wairere Falls Upper Lookout and Wairere Falls Lower Lookout.
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