Waikouaiti | |
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Town | |
 State Highway 1 at Waikouaiti, looking south | |
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| Coordinates: 45°35′40″S 170°40′20″E / 45.59444°S 170.67222°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Island | South Island |
| Region | Otago |
| Community board | Waikouaiti Coast Community Board[1] |
| Electorates |
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| Government | |
| • Territorial authority | Dunedin City Council |
| • Regional council | Otago Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Dunedin | Jules Radich |
| • Dunedin MP | Rachel Brooking |
| • Te Tai Tonga MP | Tākuta Ferris |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.33 km2 (2.83 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,330 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Area code | 03 |
| Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
Waikouaiti is a small town in East Otago, New Zealand, within the city limits of Dunedin. The town is close to the coast and the mouth of the Waikouaiti River.
Today, Waikouaiti is a retail trade and servicing centre for the surrounding district, which has sheep farming as the principal primary activity. A major egg producer, Zeagold Foods, a branch of Mainland Poultry LTD has a 500,000-hen factory farming operation here and is in the process of expanding over the next year to meet demand for egg products. Hawksbury, 3 km southwest of Waikouaiti, has a cheese factory and shop, a swimming pool and housing developed from the old mental health institution, Cherry Farm. Karitane, 3 km to the southeast has a small fishing port.
- ^ "2016 Waikouaiti Coast Community Board Boundary" (PDF). dunedin.govt.nz. Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.