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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 ...
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]
Niagara Falls (New Zealand) O. Oreti Beach; P. Pearl Harbour, New Zealand; S. Southland Plains; W. Waimea Plain (Southland) Waituna Lagoon
West Plains is a locality in the Southland Region of New Zealand, northwest of Invercargill and north of Otatara. Ōreti River and its tributary Makarewa River flow through the plains. [ 3 ] It is part of the Southland Plains .
The Waimea Plains is an area of pastoral land extending from Gore toward Lumsden. [1] The land is chiefly used for sheep and deer farming, [ citation needed ] and is part of the Southland Plains . See also
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.
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island , with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [ 1 ] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...
The Longwood Range is a range of hills to the west of the Southland Plains, Southland, New Zealand. [1] From the 1860s until the 1950s gold mining was prevalent in the Longwood Ranges. [ 2 ] There are many small towns and localities situated around the periphery of these hills: clockwise from the south-east, these include Riverton , Pourakino ...