Waitahuna

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Waitahuna ( Māori: "Valley of the water " ) is a small village in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand, 11 km southeast of Lawrence. The town is located 164 m above sea level.

In the 19th century the town flourished after the discovery of gold. The Waitahuna Gully Miner 's Monument commemorates this discovery, and the miners who lived in the village. The place also has a built in around 1905/ 06 Suspension Bridge over the River Waitahuna.

Waitahuna has a primary school and a primary school with 32 students in 2009 and a decile rating of 7 is on the 1875, the time of the gold rush, Waitatiuna Public School built back, the then three rooms, one of which is a library that back.

The place was briefly a railway endpoint after the leg of the later Roxburgh Branch designated branch line of the Main South Line of Clarksville from was opened on 22 January 1877. A little more than 2 months later, the next part of section was opened to Lawrence. September 4, 1936, the City of passenger trains were operated on after June 1, 1968 only up to the closure of the line freight trains. The storage shed, the station building and the men's toilets have been preserved at the site of the former station.

The town is served by State Highway 8 to the expressway network.