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

Makarewa Township

Makarewa Township is six miles from Invercargill, on the main north road. The population consists mostly of small farmers, with from five to seventy acres of freehold, and the place may be considered a working man's settlement. The public school was removed in 1887 from a site at Waikiwi to Makarewa, and in 1904 there were about 100 children in attendance, including scholars from Lorne Farm. There is a Presbyterian church, in which services are held every Sunday, and the Salvation Army visits the district occasionally. The Makarewa Township is in the Awarua riding of the county of Southland, and in the electorate of Awarua. The district may be said to be served by two railway stations, one of which is at Lind's bridge, and the other at the Makarewa Junction, two miles beyond where the forked line for Nightcaps and Waihoaka leaves the Invercargill-Kingston line. The population of the township in 1901 was 370, exclusive of fifteen in the vicinity. Apart from agriculture and dairy farming the district has brick and tile works, which adjoin the railway line. The Makarewa river, which passes through the district, is a remarkably fine stream, with sylvan scenery of a charming kind. In the early days, before the opening up of the roads, the river was used for purposes of transit. There is a post office at the township, and mails are received and despatched on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, by coaches to and from Invercargill.