Waverley, New Zealand
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- This article is about the town of Waverley in Taranaki. For the suburb of Dunedin, see Waverley, Dunedin.
Waverley is a small town (population 903 at the
2001 census) located in south
Taranaki, 44 km northwest of
Wanganui. It was an important colonial stronghold during the
land wars of the
1860s, during which time the town was called Wairoa. The town is well known for its farming and
thoroughbred stables. The race horse
Kiwi was trained in the paddocks of a Waverley sheep farm by owner Snow Lupton, and went on to go from last in the final straight to win the
1983 Melbourne Cup.
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