Waituna West is a village and rural community in the Manawatū District and Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand's central North Island.
[1] English settlers arrived in the late 1880s expecting to see "eternal lush meadows" to farm.
They instead encountered endless thick forest, which they cleared over several years with axes and handshaws.
The community raised funds in 1996 to move the hall from the main highway to the school for traffic and pedestrian safety.
[2] The school celebrated its 125th jubilee in 2019 with a three-day event, including a barbeque, tree plantings, netball and soccer games, a church service, and a picnic lunch.