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Wairarapa town names

In Wairarapa new towns were named for local settlers or colonial notables, and in some cases named by them.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – Local naming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/19346/wairarapa-town-names (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 1 March 2009.