Southern Star Abbey
The Southern Star Abbey, is a Cistercian monastery located in a remote, rural area of the North Island, New Zealand in the Diocese of Palmerston North.- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: cistercian monastery in the North Island, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Abbey of our Lady of the Southern Star” and “Kopua Monastery”
- Address: Kopua Road, 4287
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ormondville and Norsewood.
Ormondville
Village
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Ormondville is a locality in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located inland, south of Waipukurau and west of Flemington, Hawke's Bay. Ormondville railway station opened in 1880, but services ended in 2001. Ormondville is situated 4 km south of Southern Star Abbey.
Norsewood
Village
Norsewood is a small rural settlement in the Tararua District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is situated east of the Ruahine Mountain range and is located 20 kilometres northeast of Dannevirke. Norsewood is situated 5 km west of Southern Star Abbey.
Makotuku
Hamlet
Makotuku is a locality in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region of New Zealand's North Island, about 3 km2 west of Ormondville. The settlement formed around the temporary railway terminus and was often called Makotoko. Makotuku is situated 6 km southwest of Southern Star Abbey.
Southern Star Abbey
- Categories: Trappist monastery and religion
- Location: Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-40.07507° or 40° 4′ 30″ southLongitude
176.27577° or 176° 16′ 33″ eastOpen location code
4VFRW7FG+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 6498417445OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q7570491
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Southern Star Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Kopua”
- French: “Abbaye de Kopua”
- German: “Kloster Kopua”
- Spanish: “Abadía de nuestra señora de la Estrella del Sur”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Nuestra Señora de la Estrella del Sur”
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Highlights include Church and conventual buildings and Kopua Viaduct.
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