• [citation needed] and is part of the Southland Plains. Waimea Plains Railway "Waimea Plains - Environment Southland". www.es.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 November...
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    areas: the Southland plain proper, the Waimea Plains and the lower Waiau plain to the west near the Waiau river. The Southland and Waimea Plains are separated...
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  • Waimea Plain(s) could refer to the following areas in New Zealand: Waimea Plain (Southland), an area in Southland Waimea Plains (Tasman), an area in Tasman...
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  • The Waimea River is a tributary of the Mataura River in Southland, New Zealand. The Waimea Plains around this river form part of the Southland Plains. v...
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  • Waimea Plain (Southland) Waimea Plains (Tasman) Waimea (New Zealand electorate), historic electorate Waimea-Picton, historic electorate Waimea-Sounds...
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  • known locally as the Waimea Plains: Waimea River (Southland), a tributary of the Mataura River in Southland, New Zealand Waimea River (Tasman), flowing...
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  • The Waimea Plains Railway was a secondary railway line (not a branch line) that linked the towns of Lumsden and Gore in northern Southland, New Zealand...
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    which rise above the otherwise flat land of the Southland Plains (to the south) and Waimea Plains (to the north). The syncline dates from the Cretaceous...
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    Southland District is a New Zealand territorial authority district that covers most of the southern end of the South Island as well as Stewart Island...
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    the Southland plain proper, the Waimea Plains and the lower Waiau plain to the west near the Waiau river. The southern part of these plains (including the...
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    cancellation of the Southerner. Gore was once a busy railway junction; the Waimea Plains Railway ran west to connect with the Kingston Branch in Lumsden, while...
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  • Arthur Bell (cricketer) (category Sportspeople from the Southland Region)
    Canterbury batsmen." Born at Waimea Plains on 2 May 1869, Bell was the son of George Meredith Bell, a prominent runholder in Southland, and Margaret Bell (née...
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  • Balfour, New Zealand (category Populated places in the Southland Region)
    the Southland region of New Zealand. Accounts of Balfour's naming differ: according to one report, it was named after an employee of the Waimea Company...
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    Masterton Hutt Makara Wellington Featherston Wairarapa South Collingwood Takaka Waimea Marlborough Buller Awatere Murchison Inangahua Amuri Kaikoura Grey Cheviot...
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    Lumsden, New Zealand (category Populated places in the Southland Region)
    and to the east was the Waimea Plains Railway that connected with the Main South Line in Gore. In 1971, most of the Waimea Plains Railway closed, but sixteen...
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    interdependent Waimea Plains Railway and Kingston Branch. An expansive network of branch lines once existed, especially in Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, but...
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    Kingston Flyer (category Rail transport in the Southland Region)
    carried both passengers and freight had served the Kingston Branch and Waimea Plains Railway, daily in some years and only a few times per week in others...
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    to Kingston and another in the afternoon as far as Lumsden. When the Waimea Plains Railway opened, it was privately owned and competed with the Kingston...
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    Mossburn (category Populated places in the Southland Region)
    Mossburn is a small town in the northern Southland region of New Zealand. It is situated 113 km south of Queenstown, 59 km east of Te Anau and 100 km...
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    the Branxholme Locomotive Dump in the Ōreti River in Southland. Transported by truck to The Plains Railway in July 1974 and restored to a fully operational...
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    Waikaia Branch (category Rail transport in the Southland Region)
    environs were seriously considered. These proposals were as part of the Waimea Plains Railway to link Gore on the Main South Line with Lumsden on the Kingston...
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  • Riversdale, New Zealand (category Populated places in the Southland Region)
    in the Southland region of New Zealand. Riversdale is located between the Hokonui Hills and the Mataura River in the heart of the Waimea Plains, and is...
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    Chalmers who was guided by Reko, the chief of the Tuturau, over the Waimea Plains and up the Mataura River in September 1853. Evidence of stake nets,...
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  • Railway Company Waronui (Coal) Railway (Milton) Waimate Gorge Branch Waimea Plains Railway Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Limited Whakatane Board...
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  • Mid Dome (category Mountains of the Southland Region)
    prominent mountain in the northern Southland region that overlooks the township of Five Rivers and the Waimea Plain. It rises to a height of 1,478 metres...
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  • published at Waikaia for the Switzers goldfield on 13 January 1882), The Waimea Plains Review in 1896 (which was first published at Riversdale in 1892 by a...
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    State Highway 94 (New Zealand) (category Transport in the Southland Region)
    the hills lies Mandeville. The road then veers right and bisects the Waimea Plains to pass through the settlements of Riversdale (where the road names...
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  • Bush Edendale-Woodlands Inlets other Southland District Stewart Island Awarua Plains Wyndham-Catlins West Plains-Makarewa Waikaka Waimumu-Kaiwera Gore...
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    Ngāi Tahu (category Southland Region)
    hair was called Koukourārata. Tūmaro gathered his family and departed for Waimea, near Nelson across the Cook Strait, leaving Rākaitekura and Te Hikutawatawa...
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    recreate the old "Kingston Flyer" trains of the early 1900s at the Waimea Plains Railway. While waiting for the railway to be completed, K 92 visited...
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