I found this website belonging to Jan Gosling who lives a little up Rose Street. She writes about 'The Pines'

Walking down the hill from my place you have to go past 'The Pines' at the bottom of Rose Street.
'The Pines' is Waipawa's oldest surviving house being built in 1858 out of kauri shipped to Napier and then brought down to Waipawa by bullock wagon.

Browse through Jan's website and you will be able to learn a bit about our little town.