2 main centres:

Otorohanga – a thriving rural service town with excellent shopping and service industries. Kawhia – a coastal village on one of New Zealand’s most beautiful harbours; a stronghold of Maori culture and tradition.

Otorohanga District Quick Facts:

• Otorohanga is home to the world famous Kiwi House & Native Bird Park
• Otorohanga has successfully branded itself as New Zealand’s official Kiwiana Town. There’s a main street Kiwiana Display Gallery, murals, sculptures and beautiful flower baskets. Even the public toilets are a light-hearted tribute to Kiwiana and NZ’s popular culture!
• Otorohanga is on a major tourist route – Waitomo Caves Village and an amazing range of tourism and adventure attractions are only 15 minutes from the centre of town
• There are stunning West Coast beaches at Kawhia and Aotea – 1 hour’s drive
• It’s central and very accessible:
  • Auckland – 2 hours
  • Hamilton & Hamilton Airport – 45 minutes
  • Central North Island Skifields – 2 hours
  • Taupo, Rotorua and East Coast beaches – 1½ hours

This official information website, brought to you by the Otorohanga District Development Board Inc. has information for visitors, residents & people keen to establish a business in the Otorohanga District.

Our beautiful location means a relaxed, enjoyable lifestyle with some of the most reasonable real estate prices in the country.

• For those planning a visit, a week will give you time to enjoy all there is to see and do; you need at least a long weekend to experience all our most famous attractions, everything from the Waitomo Caves to beautiful Kawhia on the West Coast.


• The Otorohanga i-SITE Visitor Information Centre offers a free booking service for all visitor attractions.