page_title: Kawhia Harbour
section_title: History and culture
hierarchical_section_title: Kawhia Harbour / History and culture
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the waterfront at Kawhia, Waikato region, with St Elmo boarding house in the foreground. Includes a cliff at each end of the inlet and houses around the harbour. At the far end amongst some houses is a large Norfolk Pine tree. Photograph taken between 1908-1915 by Jonathan Ltd. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom right: Photographer's title: Bird's eye view waterfront Kawhiabottom left: JON LTD 1999. Quantity: 1 b&amp;w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Jonathan Ltd. The waterfront, Kawhia, Waikato region, with St Elmo boarding house in foreground - Photograph taken by Jonathan Ltd. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-000416-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/23172825
context_page_description: Kawhia Harbour is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the south of Raglan Harbour, Ruapuke and Aotea Harbour, 40 kilometres southwest of Hamilton. Kawhia is part of the Otorohanga District Council. It has a high-tide area of 68 km² and a low-tide area of 18 km².
  The settlement of Kawhia is located on the northern coast of the inlet, and was an important port in early colonial New Zealand.
  The area of Kawhia comprises 16 to 20 hectares and is the town block that was owned by the New Zealand Government. The government bought it from the Europeans in 1880 "not from the original Māori owners, but from the a European who claimed ownership in payment of money owed by another European".
  In January 2018, the health board issued a statement that there was no additional risk from tuberculosis in Kawhia after reports of three possible cases.
  Te Motu Island is located inside the harbour.
caption: Waterfront at Kawhia between 1908-1915. St Elmo boarding house in the foreground.
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