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Also known as Tirau

Tīrau is a small town in the South Waikato District of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres southeast of Hamilton. It had a population of The name "Tīrau" is from the Māori language and means "many cabbage trees".

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  • History and culture
  • European settlement
  • Name
  • Railway station
  • Recent history
  • Marae
  • Demographics
  • Tīrau statistical area
  • Tourism
  • Dairy factory
  • Government
  • Transport
  • Education
  • References
  • External links

Tīrau is a small town in the South Waikato District of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres southeast of Hamilton. It had a population of The name "Tīrau" is from the Māori language and means "many cabbage trees".

Tīrau is a node in the state highway network, sitting at the junctions of State Highway 1, State Highway 5, and State Highway 27. Tīrau is primarily a farming town but in recent years has begun to exploit the income that comes from being at a major road junction.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tīrau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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