Greytown Substation

Greytown Substation is an electrical substation in South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington. Greytown Substation is situated near the hamlet Pāpāwai, as well as near Tauwharenīkau.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cobblestones Museum and Cobblestone Museum Colonial Cottage.

Cobblestones Museum

Museum

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Cobblestones is a Heritage Village in Greytown, New Zealand. Centred around the original historic Hastwell stables and existing cobblestone courtyard used by stage coaches travelling between Masterton and Wellington. Cobblestones Museum is situated 4 km northeast of Greytown Substation.

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 4 km north of Greytown Substation.

Hastwell Stables

Historic building

Photo: Bruce Kirk, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hastwell Stables is a historic building, which is situated 4 km northeast of Greytown Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greytown and Pāpāwai.

Greytown

Town

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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 4½ km northeast of Greytown Substation.

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 5 km northeast of Greytown Substation.

Tauwharenīkau

Hamlet

Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY 2.0.

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 5 km west of Greytown Substation.

Greytown Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.11815° or 41° 7′ 5″ south

Longitude

175.43731° or 175° 26′ 14″ east

Operator

Transpower New Zealand

Open location code

4VCQVCJP+PW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 167286455

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Highlights: Five Rivers Medical Centre and Kuranui College.

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