Otautau
Sign in to saveOtautau 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. Otautau is located approximately north west of Invercargill. The average elevation of Otautau is 60 metres.
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- Early history
- Early businesses
- ''Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle''
- Otautau war memorial
- Forestry
- Demographics
- Otautau statistical area
- Education
- Festivals
- Climate
- References
- External links
- Further reading
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. Otautau is located approximately north west of Invercargill. The average elevation of Otautau is 60 metres.
Otautau is also known as "The Heart of Western Southland" as can be seen on the roadside sign photo below. Otautau township has one building registered with Pouhere Taonga Heritage New Zealand. This is the historic courthouse building in Main Street from 1908, which currently houses the district's small museum and some archives from local institutions and businesses.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otautau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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