Kurow

Kurow is a small town in the Waitaki District, New Zealand. It is located on the south bank of the Waitaki River, northwest of Oamaru. The name is an Anglicised form of the Māori name of the nearby mountain, Te Kohurau.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kurow
Settlement.native_name: Te Kohurau
Settlement.native_name_lang: mi
Settlement.settlement_type: Rural centre
Settlement.image_skyline: Kurow Bledisloe Street 002.JPG
Settlement.image_alt: A small-town straight street, flanked by shops, parked cars and the occasional small tree. A Caltex petrol station is on the left, a two-storey pub painted bright blue and yellow is on the right.
Settlement.image_caption: Bledisloe St (State Highway 83) in Kurow
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 6
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: New Zealand
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Article

12 sections

Contents

History
Demographics
Danseys Pass statistical area
Hotels
Kurow Hotel
Waitaki Hotel
Kurow Museum
Awakino Ski Area
Education
Notable people
Climate
References

==History== The town was the terminus of the Kurow Branch railway, opened in 1881 to Hakataramea, across the Waitaki River, but cut back to Kurow in 1930. It closed in 1983: the line can be traced on the ground, and the station building still stands on Liverpool St. From 1928 until 1937, a line owned by the Public Works Department ran from Kurow to the hydroelectric project 6.4 km to the west.