Story: Northland places

Kawakawa

Kawakawa

Freight trains once ran through the main street of Kawakawa, when coal was transported from nearby mines to the port of Ōpua. The main activity in the district is now farming.

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Claudia Orange, 'Northland places - The Waiōmio valley', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/7816/kawakawa (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Claudia Orange, updated 1 May 2015