New Zealand - Waikato
- Aerial view of Te Kuiti
- #2 of 9
- 1963
Te Kuiti
- Te Kuiti is a town in the north of the King Country region of the North Island
- The town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships
- Te Kuiti is the Maori name given to the area. In its original form of "Te Kuititanga", it literally means "the valley", "the squeezing in" or "the narrowing"
- The "Shearing Capital of the World" contains the world's largest shearer, seven metres high. On 1 April 2006 the largest sheep show in the world took place here, with more than 2000 sheep
- The Tatsuno Japanese Garden is at the southern end of the main street
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Image source: LINZ CC-BY 3.0
Sourced from https://retrolens.co.nz/
Date taken: 5/12/1963 Survey Number: SN1559
Copyright: Crown Elevation: 5650
Run Number: O Photo Number: 7 Scale: 8200 #tekuiti