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Tawhiti Destination Guide
Discover Tawhiti in New Zealand
Tawhiti in the region of Otago is a town located in New Zealand - some 395 mi or ( 636 km ) South-West of Wellington , the country's capital .
Local time in Tawhiti is now 04:08 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Pacific/Auckland " with a UTC offset of 13 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Invercargill, Dunedin, Coal Creek Flat, Christchurch, and Greymouth. When in this area, you might want to check out Invercargill . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Tawhiti ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Alpinacris tumidicauda
Alpinacris tumidicauda is a species of grasshopper only known from Otago and Southland, New Zealand. The genus Alpinacris is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. A. tumidicauda was described in 1967 by Robert Sidney Bigelow, with a type locality of Obelisk in the Old Man Range . A male holotype and paratype are deposited in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch. Like all of New Zealand sub-alpine and alpine grasshoppers A. tumidicauda has a 2 or 3 years life cycle.
Located at -45.32 169.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Lake Roxburgh
Lake Roxburgh is an artificial lake, created by the Roxburgh Dam, the earliest of the large hydroelectric projects in the southern South Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Clutha River, some 160 kilometres from Dunedin. It covers an area of some 6 km², and extends for nearly 30 kilometres towards the town of Alexandra. The town of Roxburgh lies five kilometres south of the Dam.
Located at -45.47 169.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Manuherikia River
The Manuherikia River is located in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. It rises in the far north of the Maniototo, flowing southwest for 85 kilometres before its confluence with the Clutha River at Alexandra. During the 1860s the Manuherikia was one of the centres of the Central Otago Gold Rush.
Located at -45.27 169.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Little Pomahaka River
The Little Pomahaka River is a river of New Zealand, a tributary of the Pomahaka River which it joins east of the Whitecoomb Range.
Located at -45.51 169.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Alexandra, New Zealand
Alexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Clutha River (at the confluence of the Manuherikia River), on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell. At the time of the 2006 census, the permanent population was 4,827, an increase of 423 since 2001. 23.1 per cent of the population (higher than the national average) was aged over 65.
Located at -45.25 169.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
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