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

Waianiwa

Waianiwa is an agricultural and pastoral district in the electorate of Awarua, and in the Wallacetown riding of the county of Southland. At the census of 1901 the village had a population of 52, its neighbourhood 106, while the village of Argyle, which is also included in the settlement, had a population of eighty persons. Waianiwa is on the Invercargill-Orepuki line of railway, and the flag-station, twelve miles from Invercargill, stands at an elevation of fifty-three feet above sea level. It is surrounded by the districts of Spar Bush, Wallacetown, Wright's Bush, and Oporo. At the local railway station there is a timber-yard, which is supplied from the Spar Bush mills, with which it is connected by a tramway four miles in length. There is a library at the local public hall, where services in connection with the Presbyterian church are held regularly. The local public school is about a mile down the road, towards Wallacetown. The post office and the telephone bureau are conducted at the Waianiwa store, and there are two blacksmiths' shops. Waianiwa is noted as a rich farming district, and the land is gently undulating.