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Ūawa rugby club

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Ūawa rugby club

The clubrooms of the Uawa Rugby Union and Sports Club looks out across the sports ground on which club, sub-union and provincial rugby sides have played over many decades. Ūawa is the original name for the Tolaga Bay locality, and is the name of the district's river.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast places – Tolaga Bay, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33504/uawa-rugby-club (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.