Weber, New Zealand

Weber
Waihi Falls
Weber
Coordinates: 40°24′05″S 176°18′40″E / 40.40139°S 176.31111°E / -40.40139; 176.31111
CountryNew Zealand
RegionManawatū-Whanganui
Territorial authorityTararua District

Weber is a hamlet situated 28 km south-east of Dannevirke and 23 km west-northwest of Herbertville, on the east coast of New Zealand. Weber was named after the German born surveyor Charles H. Weber (*1830) who died during a surveying project near Woodville in 1886. His body was only found three years after his disappearance.

Weber is just off the former State Highway 52. This is a scenic tourist route between Waipukurau and Eketāhuna which also runs past the place with the world's longest place name, Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu. A short distance from Weber are the Waihi Falls. Weber had a cemetery, located approximately 2 km to the west of the settlement. It contains around 51 burial plots with just under half of those being aged 13 or under. A recent, (2013), memorial to those buried there has been erected alongside the main road into Weber.

Weber is the exact antipode for the Spanish capital Madrid.