HistoryWaitapeka is a short 9kms from Balclutha. Settlement began in this area as early as the 1850s. The town was rather scattered in the early days but included both a flour and flaxmill. A school was established in 1868 which operated until 1981, and post office serviced the community between 1886 and 1946. Today Waitapeka is a small farming community.
