[2] A recent, (2013), memorial to those buried there has been erected alongside the main road into Weber.

[3] The hamlet was founded the late 19th century as an overnight stop for coach teams on the journey to and from the coast.

It had a police station and one cell jail, a large hotel, shops and a post office.

Today it consists of a church, a school, a pub, a rural fire depot, a community centre and several houses.

Cycle roads fair only; the Ākitio River falls reached on horseback, great attraction.

A recent (2013) memorial to the Weber cemetery was erected alongside a paper road some 2 km west of the settlement.

[5] During the two world wars the local population of Weber lost a great number of its men.