Editing Kurow (section)

{{Short description|Town in Canterbury, New Zealand}}
{{for multi|places in Poland|Kurów (disambiguation)|the video game character|Kurow Kirishima}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                   = Kurow
| native_name            = Te Kohurau
| native_name_lang       = mi
| settlement_type        = Rural centre
| image_skyline          = Kurow Bledisloe Street 002.JPG
| image_alt              = A small-town straight street, flanked by shops, parked cars and the occasional small tree. A Caltex petrol station is on the left, a two-storey pub painted bright blue and yellow is on the right.
| image_caption          = Bledisloe St ([[New Zealand State Highway 83|State Highway 83]]) in Kurow
| image_map              = {{infobox mapframe|coord={{coord|44|44|S|170|28|E}}|zoom=6}}
| coordinates            = {{coord|44|44|S|170|28|E|region:NZ-OTA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name       = New Zealand
| subdivision_type1      = [[Regions of New Zealand|Region]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[Territorial authorities of New Zealand|Territorial authority]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Waitaki District]]
| subdivision_type3      = Ward
| subdivision_name3      = Ahuriri Ward
| subdivision_type4      = Community
| subdivision_name4      = Ahuriri Community
| seat_type              = Electorates
| seat                   = {{ubl|[[Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)|Waitaki]]|[[Te Tai Tonga]] (Māori)}}
| leader_title           = {{nowrap|Territorial authority}}
| leader_name            = [[Waitaki District Council]]
| leader_title1          = Regional council
| leader_name1           = [[Environment Canterbury]]
| leader_title2          = [[Mayor of Waitaki]]
| leader_name2           = {{NZ officeholder data|Waitaki District Mayor|y}}
| leader_title3          = [[Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)|Waitaki MP]]
| leader_name3           = {{NZ officeholder data|Waitaki MP|y}}
| leader_title4          = [[Te Tai Tonga|Te Tai Tonga MP]]
| leader_name4           = {{NZ officeholder data|Te Tai Tonga MP|y}}
| established_title      =
| established_date       =
| elevation_footnotes    =
| elevation_m            =
| population_footnotes   = {{NZ population data 2018||||y}}
| population_total       = {{NZ population data 2018|Kurow|y}}
| population_as_of       = {{NZ population data 2018|||y}}
| population_note        =
| area_total_km2         = 2.44
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="Area"/>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1              = [[Time in New Zealand|New Zealand Standard Time]]
| utc_offset1            = +12
| timezone1_DST          = [[Time in New Zealand|New Zealand Daylight Time]]
| utc_offset1_DST        = +13
| postal_code_type       = [[Postcodes in New Zealand|Postcode]]
| postal_code            = 9435
| area_code              =
| area_code_type         =
| website                =
| blank_name             = Local [[iwi]]
| blank_info             = [[Ngāi Tahu]]
| footnotes              =
}}
'''Kurow''' is a small town in the [[Waitaki District]], [[New Zealand]]. It is located on the south bank of the [[Waitaki River]], {{convert|60|km}} northwest of [[Oamaru]]. The name is an Anglicised form of the [[Māori language|Māori]] name of the nearby mountain, Te Kohurau.<ref> Which means 'a thousand mists'.[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/otago-places/2 Otago places]</ref>