Hāwera

Hawera is the second-largest town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of 11,050. Wikivoyage

Population 10,300 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in New Zealand

• 111AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for New Zealand

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Taupatatea Pā Archaeological site · 1000 m
• Friendship Force of South Taranaki Memorial · 750 m
• Victoria Cross Garden Memorial · 880 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• King Edward Park 410 m across 970 m

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