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Kawakawa

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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, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7816/kawakawa (accessed 16 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.