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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

[Awahuri]

Distant 103 miles from the capital city of New Zealand, and about five miles by a good road from Feilding, this township is in the Manawatu County and in the Rangitikei Electorate. Regular daily coach lines ply to and from Feilding and Palmerston North, the local postmaster receiving and despatching mails every day. The district is always in touch with the outside world by means of its telephone bureau. Sales of cattle and sheep are held twice a mouth at the local yards. The district around Awahuri is all closely settled. To the west, sheep and cattle farming predominates, to the north (towards the Mount Stewart Range) grain is grown, while to the south potato and root crops are the principal products. Within a shortdistance is the Awahuri Bridge, over the Oroua River.