page_title: Waharoa
section_title: Establishment
hierarchical_section_title: Waharoa / History / Establishment
caption_attribution_description: English: A church in New Zealand.
context_page_description: Waharoa is a rural community in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located 7 km north of Matamata, and is part of the Matamata-Piako District. It is located at the railway junction of the Kinleith Branch railway with the East Coast Main Trunk Railway. State Highway 27 runs through the town, serviced by several shops, cafes and a petrol station.
  Matamata Airport is just over 3 km north of Waharoa.
  To the north of Waharoa is the community of Tamihana, where the Raungaiti marae is located. Nearby the marae is the Matamata Airport and remnants of the original Matamata pā. To the east lie the communities of Wardville and Turanga-o-moana, to the west the community of Walton, and to the south is the town of Matamata.
context_section_description: The township of Waharoa was built in 1886 around the new railway station, Waharoa Station. Firth established a church, school, dairy factory and ¼ acre-sections.
  A new butter factory was built in 1921. Another industry was the flax mill. St Davids Presbyterian Church was dedicated on Sunday 18 October 1925. Meeting halls were built in 1916 and 1954.
caption: St Davids Church, Waharoa
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