Waitane is a locality in the Southland region of New Zealand's

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasma ...

in the foothills of the Hokonui Hills. It is located in a rural setting on between Glencoe and Te Tipua. The nearest sizeable town is

Mataura Mataura is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Mataura has a meat processing plant, and until 2000 it was the site of a large pulp and paper mill. Geography Mataura is situated on and the Main South Line rai ...

to the east, while the main city of Southland,

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of ...

, is southwest.

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Populated places in Southland, New Zealand {{Southland-geo-stub