Waimea is a common place name in Hawaii and New Zealand. In Hawaiian, it means reddish water; in

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

it means forgotten or hidden stream. It may refer to:

Places

Hawaii, United States

Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii Waimea is a landlocked community in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. Waimea is the center for ranching activities and Cowboy#Hawai'i, ''paniolo'' culture. The name Waimea means ''reddish water.'' For statistical purposes, the United States ...

, (Big Island, post office "Kamuela") ** Waimea-Kohala Airport, Hawaii County * Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii *

Waimea Bay Waimea Bay is located in Haleiwa on the North Shore of Oʻahu in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River. Waimea Valley extends east of Waimea Bay. means "reddish water" in Hawaiian. History On February 27, 1779, Captain ...

, Oahu *

Waimea Canyon State Park Waimea Canyon, also known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, is a large canyon, approximately long and up to deep, located on the western side of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the United States. Waimea is Hawaiian for "reddish water", a ...

, Kauai * Waimea Ditch, Kauai * Waimea River (Kauai) * Waimea River (Oahu) * Waimea Valley, Oahu

New Zealand

* Waimea Inlet, Tasman Bay *

Waimea Plain (Southland) The Waimea Plains is an area of pastoral land extending from Gore toward Lumsden. The land is chiefly used for sheep and deer A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family) ...

* Waimea Plains (Tasman) **

Waimea (New Zealand electorate) Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887. Initially represented by two members, it was a single-member electorate from 1861. Geographic coverage Waimea was located in the northern part of the ...

, historic electorate **

Waimea-Picton Waimea-Picton was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough and Nelson Regions of New Zealand, from 1887 to 1893. Population centres In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Repre ...

, historic electorate ** Waimea-Sounds (New Zealand electorate), historic electorate *

Waimea River (Southland) The Waimea River is a tributary of the Mataura River in Southland, New Zealand. The Waimea Plains around this river form part of the Southland Plains The Southland Plains is a general name given to several areas of low-lying land in the Sout ...

Waimea River (Tasman) The Waimea River is located in the north of the South Island of New Zealand. It is formed from the confluence of the Wairoa River and the Wai-iti River, which meet near Brightwater. The combined waters flow into Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere ...

Schools

Waimea College Waimea College is a co-educational secondary school in Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand. Opened in 1957, the college has over 1500 students, and is the largest school in the top of the South Island. History Waimea College was established ...

, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand *

Waimea High School Waimea High School is a public high school in Waimea on the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii. It was established in 1881 and serves grades 9 through 12. It is the westernmost high school in the United States of America. The school mascot ...

, Kauai, Hawaii *

Waimea Intermediate Waimea Intermediate is a co-educational intermediate school in Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand. History Waimea Intermediate opened in 1959 with a roll of 485 students. Syndicates Students of Waimea Intermediate are split into six differ ...

, Richmond, Tasman, New Zealand

Flora and fauna

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Perrottetia sandwicensis ''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently described order Hue ...

'' (common name waimea or olomea), a shrub in the genus ''

Perrottetia ''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently described order Hue ...

'' native to Hawaii *

Waimea pipturus ''Pipturus albidus'', known as ''māmaki'' (sometimes ''waimea'', for its resemblance to olomea) in Hawaiian and known as Waimea pipturus in English, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. ...

, a Hawaiian flowering nettle *

Waimea phyllostegia ''Phyllostegia knudsenii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Waimea phyllostegia and Knudsen's phyllostegia. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai.< ...

, a Hawaiian species of mint

Other

Archdeacon of Waimea The Diocese of Nelson is one of the 13 dioceses and ''hui amorangi'' (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the northern part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the ...

, an ecclesiastical post in New Zealand *

Waimea House Waimea House is a heritage-listed residence located at Waimea Avenue, Woollahra in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built during 1858. It is also known as Helen Keller House. The property ...

, a historic residence in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia *

Waimea Plains Railway The Waimea Plains Railway was a secondary railway line (not a branch line) that linked the towns of Lumsden and Gore in northern Southland, New Zealand. It skirted the Hokonui Hills, and operated as a through route between 31 July 1880 and ...

, Southland, New Zealand {{dab, geo