Story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places

Lake Papaitonga

Lake Papaitonga

Papaitonga, also known as Waiwiri, is the smaller of the two lakes near Levin. A home to the Muaūpoko people, along with Lake Horowhenua, it is now a wetland reserve.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Manawatū and Horowhenua places - Horowhenua', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/9458/lake-papaitonga (accessed 11 May 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 22 Apr 2015