Photo: Chris Brown / PexelsEketāhuna sits at the southern end of the old Forty Mile Bush in the northern Wairarapa, founded in 1872 by Scandinavian settlers contracted to fell the forest and cut the roads. The town leans cheerfully into an underdog identity as Eketāhuna Kiwi Country, marked by a 6.5 metre giant kiwi standing at its entrance. Just up the road is Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre, where takahē, kākā and kōkako are bred and released back into the bush.
Eketāhuna sits at the southern end of the old Forty Mile Bush in the northern Wairarapa, founded in 1872 by Scandinavian settlers contracted to fell the forest and cut the roads. The town leans cheerfully into an underdog identity as Eketāhuna Kiwi Country, marked by a 6.5 metre giant kiwi standing at its entrance. Just up the road is Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre, where takahē, kākā and kōkako are bred and released back into the bush.
Eketāhuna is in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.
Eketāhuna has an estimated population of around 450 (Stats NZ estimate).
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