Waitahuna
Hamlet in Otago, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Waitahuna is a small rural hamlet in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Lawrence.
Waitahuna | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
 Boyldon Street, Waitahuna | |
.svg)  Waitahuna | |
| Coordinates: 45°59′S 169°46′E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Otago |
| Territorial authority | Clutha District |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (New Zealand Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (New Zealand Daylight Time) |
| Postcode | 9532 |
| Area code | 03 |
| Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
In the 19th century, the town thrived after the discovery of gold. The Waitahuna Gully Miner's Monument commemorates this discovery and the miners who lived in the area. Another notable man-made feature is the Waitahuna River Suspension Bridge, built around 1905 or 1906.
The town was briefly a railway terminus, when a branch line from a junction in Clarksville with the Main South Line was opened to the town on 22 January 1877. A little over two months later, the line was opened beyond Waitahuna to Lawrence and it went on to become the Roxburgh Branch. Passenger trains served Waitahuna until 4 September 1936; from that date until the line's closure on 1 June 1968, the line was freight-only. Despite the line's closure, Waitahuna's goods shed and station building still stand at the site of the former railway yard, and are being restored by their owners.
Waitahuna School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[1] with a roll of 4 as of August 2024.[2]
- Albert James Ryan (1884–1955), New Zealand commercial traveller, newspaper publisher, Irish nationalist and land agent
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