Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Waianakarua is the name given to a railway station and agricultural settlement seventeen miles to the south of Oamaru, between Herbert and Hampden. The district is noted for the romantic beauty of the scenery on portions of the Waianakarua creek, and has a public school and a post office; the nearest telegraph office is at Herbert, four miles distant. Waiakarua also has a hotel and a large flour mill. The main road is good, but hilly, and sportsmen can get good rabbit shooting in the reighbourhood. The English meaning of the Maori name is “The Meeting of the Waters,” as the Otepopo and Waianakarua rivers conjoin in the locality.