Te Kawa
Te Kawa is a rural community in the Otorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It lies just to the south of the volcanic hills of Kakepuku and Te Kawa. Until the swamp was drained in the 1900s, Te Kawa was well known for its eels.
Te Kawa railway station, a station on the North Island Main Trunk, was located in the area. It operated from 9 March 1887 and closed 17 October 1971.
A post office was open by 1909 and a dairy factory and a school existed in 1913. Te Kawa Bridge over the Waipa opened in 1915. The hill was quarried from 1925. A town hall opened in 1928.
Te Whakaaro Kotahi Marae in Te Kawa is a meeting ground of the Maniapoto hapū of Te Kanawa. It includes a small building.
