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Oamaru (/ ˌ ɒ m ə ˈ r uː / ⓘ; Māori: Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District.It is 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Timaru and 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway Main South Line connect it to both cities.
The small town of Herbert, formerly Otepopo, lies in North Otago, New Zealand, 91 kilometres (57 mi) north of Dunedin and 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of Oamaru. It lies on the edge of the Herbert Forest. Herbert consists of a group of houses and three churches clustered around State Highway 1. A service station is also the postal agency.
Waitaki District. Local iwi. Ngāi Tahu. Windsor is a township in North Otago, 19 km (12 mi) inland from Oamaru, situated almost exactly on the 45th latitude . The township was surveyed in 1879 and sold by Edward (Eddie) Menlove, the owner of the Windsor Park Estate. It was situated at the junction of the Ngapara and Tokarahi branch railway lines.
Typical North Otago landscape, looking north from near Herbert The town of Oamaru, North Otago's principal settlement. North Otago is an area in New Zealand covers the area of the Otago region between Shag Point and the Waitaki River, and extends inland to the west as far as the village of Omarama (which has experienced rapid growth as a developing centre for astronomy and for gliding).
9410. Hampden, a small town [ 3 ] in North Otago, New Zealand, lies close to the North Otago coast, 35 kilometres south of Oamaru and 80 kilometres north of the city of Dunedin, to both of which it is connected by State Highway 1. The township's population at its largest was about 560, but by 2009 it had dwindled to approximately 230. [ 4 ]
1,150. • Density. 580/km 2 (1,500/sq mi) Local iwi. Ngāi Tahu. Weston is a town situated 5 km (3.1 mi) inland from Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand. It is regarded as one of the more affluent towns of the Waitaki District and had a population of 1,050 in the 2018 census. [3]
Kakanui is described as a rural settlement by Statistics New Zealand, and covers 2.02 km 2 (0.78 sq mi). [1] It had an estimated population of 450 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 223 people per km 2. It is part of the larger Maheno statistical area. [5]
Pukeuri. / -45.033957; 171.02608. Pukeuri is a settlement to the north of Oamaru in the North Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located near the coast in the Waitaki District that straddles the border of Otago and Canterbury. The settlement's major employer is the Alliance abattoir, which is North Otago's biggest employer.