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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Waikiwi is on both sides of the main road to Makarewa, and is three miles from Invercargill, with which it is connected by the Invercargill and suburban tram line. The district is in the Awarua riding of the county of Southland, and is also in the electorate of Awarua. Its population at the census of 1901 was 152 in the township, and 431 in the neighbourhood. There is also a river district named Waikiwi, which was constituted in 1903 for the control of the Waikiwi stream and its watershed. Waikiwi has several stores, butchers' and bootmakers' shops, and formerly had an hotel, which was closed in 1903, in consequence of the local option poll in 1902. There are several brick and tile works, and also a tannery in the district, and the Invercargill abattoirs are alongside the railway line. The flag railway station at Waikiwi is on the Invercargill-Kingston line, and stands at an elevation of sixteen feet above sea level. Waikiwi page 907 is well known as a farming district devoted to agriculture, stock-raising and dairying, and there are some noteworthy market gardens and orchards in the district. The local public school had 100 names on its roll in 1904, and the average attendance for the previous year had been eighty-eight. There are Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches in the district, and a public cemetery.