Palmerston
Palmerston is a town in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Located 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin, it is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward of the Waitaki District, with a population of 890 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,020 residents
- Description: town in Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Palmerston South” and “Palmerston, New Zealand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boer War memorial and East Otago High School.
East Otago High School
School
Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Otago High School is a secondary school in Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand. The school hosted a cultural exchange with Japanese pupils from Nichidai Third Junior High School between 2005 and 2008.
Puketapu
Peak
Photo: ShakyIsles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puketapu is a prominent hill in Otago, in New Zealand's South Island, overlooking the town of Palmerston. The name Puketapu is Māori meaning "sacred hill".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenpark and Shag Point.
Glenpark
Locality
Glenpark is a lightly populated rural locality in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is northwest of Palmerston and on the banks of the Shag River. To the west is the locality of Stoneburn. Glenpark is situated 7 km northwest of Palmerston.
Shag Point
Hamlet
Shag Point / Matakaea is a headland and township in East Otago, New Zealand. Both the point and the nearby Shag River take their English name from a seabird, the pied shag. Shag Point is situated 8 km east of Palmerston.
Tumai
Locality
Tumai is a rural locality in East Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 between Waikouaiti and Palmerston, and close to the South Island Main Trunk railway, although trains no longer stop at Tumai. Tumai is situated 9 km south of Palmerston.
Palmerston
- Category: locality
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.48424° or 45° 29′ 3″ southLongitude
170.71532° or 170° 42′ 55″ eastPopulation
1,020Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)United Nations Location Code
NZ PMSOpen location code
4V6GGP88+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 997385082OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Palmerston” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Palmerston”
- Cebuano: “Palmerston”
- Chinese: “帕默斯頓”
- Chinese: “帕默斯顿”
- Dutch: “Palmerston”
- Estonian: “Palmerston”
- Finnish: “Palmerston”
- French: “Palmerston”
- Georgian: “პალმერსტონი (ახალი ზელანდია)”
- Georgian: “პალმერსტონი”
- German: “Palmerston”
- Japanese: “パーマストン”
- Malay: “Palmerston, New Zealand”
- Polish: “Palmerston (Nowa Zelandia)”
- Polish: “Palmerston”
- Silesian: “Palmerston (Nowo Zylandyjo)”
- Silesian: “Palmerston”
- Turkish: “Palmerston”
- Welsh: “Palmerston”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palmerston railway station and Palmerston Elim Church.
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