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  2. Southland Plains - Wikipedia

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    The Southland Plains is a general name given to several areas of low-lying land in the South Island of New Zealand, separated by the rise of the Hokonui Hills in the north. It forms a sizeable area of Southland region and encompasses its two principal settlements the city of Invercargill and the town of Gore. The Southland Plains include some ...

  3. Time in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The Time Act 1974 defines New Zealand Standard Time as 12 hours in advance of UTC. [12] In 2011, the New Zealand dependency of Tokelau moved its time zone forward by 24 hours, by skipping 30 December to be in the UTC+13:00 time zone, the same zone as New Zealand daylight saving. [13]

  4. Southland Region - Wikipedia

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    It is the only part of New Zealand which has a distinct regional accent (shared with most rural parts of Otago), characterized in particular by a rolling 'r'. [36] Food-wise, cheese rolls are a Southland specialty [37] and swedes are a popular vegetable, prepared and eaten as are pumpkin and kumara (sweet potato) elsewhere in New Zealand. [38]

  5. Invercargill - Wikipedia

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    Invercargill is situated on the fertile and alluvial Southland Plains, which is amongst some of New Zealand's most fertile farmland. Southern Invercargill lies on the shore of the New River Estuary , while the northern parts lie on the banks of the Waihopai River .

  6. Southland temperate forests - Wikipedia

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    The Southland temperate forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion on New Zealand's South Island. The natural vegetation was mostly forest, but over the centuries human activities, including grazing and fires, replaced much of the original forest with grassland and agriculture.

  7. Otautau - Wikipedia

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    Otautau is a small farming, forestry and milling town located inland on the western edge of the Southland Plains of New Zealand on the banks of the Aparima River. [4] Otautau is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north west of Invercargill. The average elevation of Otautau is 60 metres. [5]

  8. The Southland Times - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, The Southland Times launched a subsidiary weekly community newspaper in Dunedin called D-Scene. On 10 May 2013, Fairfax Media announced a proposal to close down the weekly newspaper, affecting eight full-time and part-time staff. The Southland Times general manager Sue Gregory confirmed that staff would be consulted over a two-week ...

  9. Southland Syncline - Wikipedia

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    The Southland Syncline is a major geological structure located in the Southland Region of New Zealand's South Island. The syncline folds the Mesozoic greywackes of the Murihiku Terrane . The northern limb of the fold is steep to overturned, while the southern limb dips shallowly to the northeast. [ 1 ]