Te Kawa (original) (raw)

Te Kawa is a rural community in the Ōtorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It lies just to the south of the volcanic hills of Kakepuku and Te Kawa. Until the swamp was drained in the 1900s, Te Kawa was well known for its eels. Te Kawa railway station, a station on the North Island Main Trunk, was located in the area. It operated from 9 March 1887 and closed 17 October 1971. A post office was open by 1909 and a dairy factory and a school existed in 1913. Te Kawa Bridge over the Waipā opened in 1915. A town hall opened in 1928.