Kiwitahi
Kiwitahi is a rural community in the Matamata-Piako District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, located directly south of Morrinsville. The community has a school and a local hall that accommodates up to 120 people. Geography The Kiwitahi district originally comprised . The district is now smaller with some of the land becoming part of the Tahuroa district. History Kiwitahi was occupied by Māori before being converted into farmland by European settlers from the 1870s. William Chepmell established a 690-acre farm at Kiwitahi in 1871, which he continued operating through the depression of the 1880s and 1890s without having to sell or subdivide. He led a campaign for a road between Morrinsville and Thames, New Zealand, Thames and became a politician, serving on the Piako Council and Waitoa Road Board at various times between 1887 and 1914. The remoteness of Kiwitahi meant he would have ridden approximately 56,000 km total to attend council and road board mee ...
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