Pounawea

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Pounawea is a small, coined by agriculture and tourism site about four kilometers southeast of Owaka. The Owaka River flows north past the village and joins the Catlins River, which includes the city and a piece of wood from the west and south. Pounewea has a campsite and opportunities for water sports. In addition, for flounder, sea trout, brown trout and mussels are collected.

The town's name is taken from the name of the Maori for the Lake Owaka, he literally means meeting place of the water. By 1899 it was known as Moka Moka. With the establishment of the first post office in the village this year, the new name came into use.

The nine- hole golf course of Owaka is located southwest of the village. Pounewea is accessible by an access road of Owaka, which is also the only road link to New Haven, a residential complex about 3.5 km to the east.

The place only has a small residential population and numerous holiday homes ( Cribs ).

In a bend of the Owaka River southwest of the village there is a more accessible on trails rest of the native forest. Among the trees growing here include kahikatea, kamahi, Rimu, Totara and South Island ironwood.

In the 19th and early 20th century, the place was a regionally important harbor town. On New Year's Day 1874, the immigrant ship Surat ran in the Catlins Bay aground and was lost, all passengers and crew members were rescued.

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• New Zealand Travel Atlas, Maps Wise Auckland. ISBN 0-908794-47-9
• The New Zealand Book, NZ Visitor Publications Ltd.. , Nelson 2003 ISBN 1-877339-00-8

• Place in the Otago Region