The Waiau Branch was a branch line railway in the northern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Known as the Great Northern Railway for its...

Beach Waiau, Taranaki Waiau, Canterbury Franz Josef / Waiau, on the West Coast near Franz Josef Glacier Waiau Bay Waiau River, Hawke's Bay Waiau River...

North Canterbury. It is operated on a 12.8 km length of the former Waiau Branch railway between Waipara and Waikari. The railway is operated by an incorporated...

Northern Railway (Ireland) Kingston Branch (New Zealand) in Southland Main North Line, New Zealand and Waiau Branch in Canterbury Great Northern Railway...

the Inland Kaikōura Route. From 1919 until 1978, Waiau was the terminus of the Waiau Branch, a branch line railway that ran to the town from a junction...

Cheviot Branch (which actually terminated in Parnassus) was extended north to meet the line from Picton at Kaikoura in 1945 while the Waiau Branch's importance...

splitting into two branches in Tophouse, one to Nelson and the other down the Wairau River valley to Blenheim. from Culverden up the Waiau River to Reefton...

Kinleith or Murupara branches Te Aro Extension – extension to Island Bay Waiau Branch – extension to Kaikōura Waimate Branch – extension of the Waihao...

extending the line to Waiau via Rotherham. This extension was opened on 15 December 1919 and the line became known as the Waiau Branch. Rotherham station...

Express in 1945 and its route followed both the Main North Line and the Waiau Branch. In the mid-1920s, the main northern terminus became Parnassus, and to...

The Clarence River (Māori: Waiau Toa; officially Waiau Toa / Clarence River) is a major river which flows through the Kaikōura Ranges in the northeast...

over the former route of the Waiau Branch, a branch line railway that diverged from the Main North Line and ran to Waiau. The Glenmark station is based...

December 1884 until 15 January 1978, the town was served by the Waiau Branch, a branch line railway that at one stage was planned to become the Main North...

treated as the mainline for decades, it eventually became part of the Waiau Branch. At the start of the 20th century, work began on a coastal route northwards...

the town. At one stage, the Waiau Branch was intended to be the main line north and a branch line diverged from the Waiau route in Waipara to service...

Zealand". Tuatapere is located eight kilometres from the southern coast. The Waiau River flows through the town before reaching Te Waewae Bay, where it has...

located on State Highway 7 near the Weka Pass and was served by the Waiau Branch railway from 6 April 1882 until its closure on 15 January 1978. The section...

until the early 1980s (similar to what happened with the closure of the Waiau Branch in Canterbury around the same time). Today the former 25 kilometres (16 mi)...

bus operation began on 1 October 1907, between Culverden on the Waiau Branch and Waiau Ferry in Canterbury. By the 1920s NZR was noticing a considerable...

proposed extending the Waiau Branch line (then terminated in Culverden) via Hanmer Springs to Tophouse, and then building one branch down the Wairau River...

The line through Medbury had its furthest terminus in Waiau and it became known as the Waiau Branch. Medbury station had a loading bank, stockyards, and...

Waipara and the line through the Weka Pass became part of the Waiau Branch. This branch line operated until 15 January 1978, and the section through the...

now become more common as a result of irrigation schemes in the area. The Waiau Plains Irrigation Scheme was completed in 1980. It provides irrigation to...

operation by NZR began on 1 October 1907, between Culverden on the Waiau Branch and Waiau Ferry in Canterbury. By the 1920s NZR was noticing a considerable...

for connections from Tophouse to the isolated Picton section and the Waiau Branch line. There was also a proposal to connect to the West Coast via Kawatiri...

River Waiaruhe River Waiatoto River Waiau River (Gisborne) Waiau River (Hawke's Bay) Waiau River (Southland) Waiau Toa / Clarence River Waiaua River (Bay...

1970, this livestock was driven to the railhead at Culverden (on the Waiau Branch line) then transported in several trains to Addington. In the last years...

and Waiau. Two secondary schools, Highlands Intermediate School and Pearl City High School, are also in the CDP. Momilani, Waimalu, and Waiau elementary...

from Orepuki. The railway was also indispensable in helping to develop the Waiau River valley and its settlements. A locomotive from the More & Sons sawmill...

Travers-Sabine Circuit, although a marked route to the south, over the Waiau Pass and another to the West, via Moss Pass continues beyond the lake. The...