New Zealand - Kaiwaka - Kaiwaka School - Room 5 - 1989 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. Kaiwaka - Kaiwaka "the little town of lights" is a settlement in Northland - The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "eating the canoes" for Kaiwaka - In February 1825, during the Musket Wars, a major battle between Ngā Puhi and Ngāti Whātua at Te Ika-a-ranga-nui near Kaiwaka resulted in over 170 deaths - Kaiwaka became a trading and commercial point from the late 1850s. As the kauri timber and gum industries declined towards the end of the century, dairy farming became established. The Hakaru Dairy Company was formed to serve Kaiwaka farmers in 1902