Temuka
Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, 15 kilometres north of Timaru and 142 km south of Christchurch. It is located at the centre of a rich sheep and dairy farming region, for which it is a service town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Opihi College.
Opihi College
School
Opihi College is a state co-educational secondary school in Temuka, New Zealand. The school was originally founded as Temuka District High School in 1866, and became Temuka High School in 1966.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waipopo and Winchester.
Waipopo
Village
Waipopo or Waipopo Huts is a bach community in the Timaru district and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Waipopo is on the southern side of the Ōpihi River mouth, 11.5 kilometres southeast of Temuka and 17.3 northeast of Timaru by road. Waipopo is situated 5 km southeast of Temuka.
Winchester
Village
Winchester is a small town in the South-Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Winchester is 6.9 kilometres north of Temuka and 51 kilometres southwest of Ashburton. State Highway 1 and the Main South Line railway pass through Winchester. Winchester is situated 7 km north of Temuka.
Milford Huts
Village
Milford Huts is a bach community in the Timaru district and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Milford Huts is on the northern side of the Ōpihi River mouth, 7.5 kilometres southeast of Temuka by road. Milford Huts is situated 7 km southeast of Temuka.
Temuka
- Type: Town with 4,660 residents
- Description: town on New Zealand’s Canterbury Plains
- Category: locality
- Location: Timaru District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-44.24396° or 44° 14′ 38″ southLongitude
171.27974° or 171° 16′ 47″ eastPopulation
4,660Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)United Nations Location Code
NZ TKAOpen location code
4V7HQ74H+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 268423992OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Temuka” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تيموكا”
- Armenian: “Տեմուկա”
- Catalan: “Temuka”
- Chinese: “特姆卡”
- Dutch: “Temuka”
- Finnish: “Temuka”
- French: “Temuka”
- German: “Temuka”
- Hebrew: “טמוקה”
- Italian: “Temuka”
- Japanese: “テムカ”
- Lithuanian: “Temuka”
- Malay: “Temuka”
- Polish: “Temuka”
- Russian: “Темука”
- Spanish: “Temuka”
- Swedish: “Temuka”
- Turkish: “Temuka”
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