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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Waituna lies between the township of Woodlands on the Hurunui-Bluff line of railway, and Kapuka on the Seaward Bush railway line. It is purely an agricultural district, and the dairy factories at Woodlands and Kapuka are available for the settlers. The settlement is in the electoral district of Mataura, and in the Waihopai riding of the county of Southland. Its population at the census of 1901 was seventy-nine, and there were also nineteen inhabitants at Waituna Lagoon, which lies near the beach at Toetoes Bay, on the south. Waituna creek takes its rise in the district through which it flows, and passes through the lagoon before it enters into Toetoes Bay. The main road from Invercargill to Fortrose, which branches off from the Woodlands road at One Tree Point, passes through the settlement.