Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Waiareka is a western suburb of Oamaru. It has a railway station, which is the junction of the main south line with a forked branch line, which goes to Ngapara and Tokarahi. The station is two miles from Oamaru, and seventy-six miles from Dunedin, and stands at an elevation of 188 feet above the level of the sea. There is also a post and telegraph office in connection with the railway station. At the census of March, 1901, the population at Waiareka Junction was 122, and that of the immediate neighbourhood, 151. Waiareka is in the Waiareko riding of the county of Waitaki; the total population of the riding is 1518. A good deal of farming is carried on in the district, which is, also, to some extent, a residential suburb.