New Zealand - Waipawa - Waipawa School - Room 11 - 1983 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Waipawa - The second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay - Has a population of 2,170 (June 2019) - Located 7 kilometres northeast of Waipukurau - Settled in the early 1860s - The Settler's Museum exhibits many of these historical collections. - Originally called Abbotsford - Waipawa has two marae affiliated with the iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu. - The Mataweka Marae and Nohomaiterangi meeting house are affiliated with the hapū of Ngāi Toroiwaho and Ngāti Whatuiāpiti. (Reference: Wikipedia)