Waiau
in Hurunui District of Canterbury, New Zealand

Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
-42.650 and 173.050 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
S -42° 39' 0" and E 173° 3' 0"
Currency and Currency Code:
Dollar - NZD
Spoken languages:
English, Maori
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 06:35 AM (Friday)
Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
UTC/GMT offset: 12 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
7:40 am and 7:24 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
42.648 and -6.954 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Villasinde
References
This place on Wikipedia
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for New Zealand in Australia and New Zealand

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to New Zealand.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning New Zealand. Last Update: 2024-03-28 08:18:27

Discover Waiau

Waiau in Hurunui District (Canterbury) is a town in New Zealand about 129 mi (or 208 km) south-west of Wellington, the country's capital city.

Current time in Waiau is now 06:35 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Auckland with an UTC offset of 13 hours. We know of 9 airports near Waiau, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in New Zealand is Kaikoura Airport in a distance of 32 mi (or 52 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Christchurch, Richmond, Nelson, Blenheim and Greymouth. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 57 °F

Morning Temperature 5°C / 41 °F
Evening Temperature 12°C / 53 °F
Night Temperature 8°C / 47 °F
Chance of rainfall 1%
Air Humidity 38%
Air Pressure 1011 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from North
Cloud Conditions Clear sky, covering 9% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Saturday, 30th of March 2024

15°C (59 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.

Sunday, 31st of March 2024

15°C (59 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.

Monday, 1st of April 2024

15°C (59 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.

Videos from this area

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Beta RR300 MY 2014,Trail ride,Waiau Trail Ride Inland,Road Waiau,New Zealand 23 03 2014

Published: March 25, 2014
Length: 53:36 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Richard Streeter

One lap of a 39k loop on Sunday 23-03-2014 of a two day trail ride,registration was online opened February 10 and was closed on the 12th limited too 500 riders per day,was an awesome days riding...


Beta RR300 MY 2014 Trail ride,Waiau wipeout 23-03-2014

Published: March 31, 2014
Length: 20:32 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Richard Streeter

Cut this section out of the Waiau ride showing me hitting a fairly deep tight dip at 60 kmh and having the back end not compress enough and kick back.


Beta RR 300 MY 2014,Trail ride,Waiau Trail ride,Inland road Waiau,New Zealand 23-03-2014

Published: March 26, 2014
Length: 14:42 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Richard Streeter

A 21 minute section of my second lap of the Waiau Trail ride filmed with an ATC Chameleon camera from Oregon Scientific.The Chameleon has a camera pointing forward that can rotate up and down...


SUZUKI GSX1400 leader valley part 2

Published: May 03, 2009
Length: 52:40 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: cliff white

Sunday ride through the Leader valley on the Leader Road. It's an hour north of Christchurch starting at the small town of Waiu running east and comes out just north of Cheviot. Awesome bit...


mva nz fire roof off and dash roll demo

Published: March 08, 2010
Length: 14:24 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: demont675

a demonstaion done at the amuri show by volenteers.


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Mason River

The Mason River is a river of the north Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows south from the Amuri Range before turning southwest to reach the Waiau River at the township of Waiau.

Located at -42.65, 173.033 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of the Canterbury Region

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