Tauweru

Tauweru, alternatively Taueru, is a locality[1] in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after and located on the middle reaches of the Tauweru River, which drains into the Ruamahanga River near Gladstone and Te Whiti, and the name means "hanging in clusters" in the Māori language.[2]

Tauweru is situated east of the Wairarapa's largest town, Masterton, and is located on the main road between Masterton and Castlepoint.[3] The nearest railway is the Wairarapa Line in Masterton. In June 1942, Tauweru was the epicentre of one of the most destructive earthquakes since European settlement of the Wairarapa in the mid-19th century.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Place Name Detail: Tauweru". New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  2. ↑ Sharpe, Marty, 6 July 2002, "Tauweru Spelling Stays a Hot Issue", Wairarapa Times-Age.
  3. ↑ Map showing Tauweru's location
  4. ↑ Masterton District Library and Wairarapa Archive: A Night of Terror - the 1942 Earthquake

Coordinates: 40°58′S 175°48′E / 40.967°S 175.800°E / -40.967; 175.800


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