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{{Infobox settlement | name = Iwitahi | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = | image_skyline = Iwitahi Forest. A Kenworth logging truck with a 26 ton load of Pinus Radiata on its way out of the Iwitahi Forest (29369021894).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | etymology = | nickname = | coordinates = {{coord|38|49|45|S|176|16|15|E}} | pushpin_map = New Zealand North Island | population_total = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[New Zealand]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of New Zealand|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Bay of Plenty Region]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Territorial authorities of New Zealand|Territorial authority]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Taupō District]] }}

'''Iwitahi''' is a rural locality in the [[Taupō District]] and [[Bay of Plenty Region]] of [[New Zealand]]'s North Island. It is situated on [[New Zealand State Highway 5|State Highway 5]] between [[Taupō]] and [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]], about 20&nbsp;km southeast of Taupō. It is a farming area, largely surrounded by forest, close to the plains of the upper [[Rangitaiki River]].<ref>''Reed New Zealand atlas'' (2004) Auckland: Reed Publishing, Map 29. {{ISBN|0 7900 0952 8}}</ref> The locality was formerly known as ''Iwatahi''.<ref>''Wise's New Zealand guide'' (1969) Dunedin: H. Wise & Co, p. 106</ref>

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Waimihia Forest, elevation {{convert|743|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 19.5 |Feb high C = 19.6 |Mar high C = 17.3 |Apr high C = 13.9 |May high C = 11.1 |Jun high C = 8.8 |Jul high C = 8.2 |Aug high C = 9.0 |Sep high C = 11.3 |Oct high C = 13.1 |Nov high C = 15.8 |Dec high C = 17.8 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 14.5 |Feb mean C = 14.6 |Mar mean C = 12.6 |Apr mean C = 9.7 |May mean C = 7.4 |Jun mean C = 5.2 |Jul mean C = 4.5 |Aug mean C = 5.0 |Sep mean C = 7.0 |Oct mean C = 8.7 |Nov mean C = 10.8 |Dec mean C = 13.1 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 9.6 |Feb low C = 9.6 |Mar low C = 7.8 |Apr low C = 5.4 |May low C = 3.8 |Jun low C = 1.7 |Jul low C = 0.8 |Aug low C = 1.1 |Sep low C = 2.7 |Oct low C = 4.2 |Nov low C = 5.8 |Dec low C = 8.4 | year low C = |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 117.1 |Feb rain mm = 103.6 |Mar rain mm = 128.2 |Apr rain mm = 110.2 |May rain mm = 142.1 |Jun rain mm = 158.5 |Jul rain mm = 148.3 |Aug rain mm = 140.2 |Sep rain mm = 147.6 |Oct rain mm = 158.4 |Nov rain mm = 112.0 |Dec rain mm = 164.6 |year rain mm = |source 1 = NIWA (rain 1971–2000)<ref name= NIWA> {{cite web |url = http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz |title = CliFlo – National Climate Database : Waimihia Forest |publisher = NIWA |access-date = 20 May 2024}}</ref> }}

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[[Category:Taupō District]] [[Category:Populated places in the Bay of Plenty Region]]

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