Tīrau
Tīrau is a small town in the Waikato Region, New Zealand. It has a population of 804, in Maori language Tirau means place of Cabbage Trees. It has a primary school and has three major intersections with State Highway 1 going to Tokoroa and Taupō, State Highway 5 going to Rotorua and State Highway 27 to Matamata. The town was originally named Oxford before it renamed Tirau in 1896.