Tahakopa

Tahakopa is a small settlement in The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand.^[1] It is located 25 kilometres northeast of Waikawa on the Tahakopa River.^[2] On 17 February 1915, Tahakopa became the terminus of the Catlins River Branch railway and retained this status until the branch line was closed on 27 February 1971.^[3] From the line's opening until 12 August 1956, a railway locomotive depot was based in the village. The old station building and goods shed still stand today.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b MacLean, Hamish (11 October 2014). "Heart of village restored". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Tahakopa". nzhistory.govt.nz. 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ Yonge, John (1993), New Zealand railway and tramway atlas, Exeter, England: Quail Map Co., ISBN 0-900609-92-3, OCLC 949699918, retrieved 21 May 2021

46°31′S 169°23′E / 46.517°S 169.383°E / -46.517; 169.383

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[:0-1] MacLean, Hamish (11 October 2014). "Heart of village restored". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[2] "Tahakopa". nzhistory.govt.nz. 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[3] Yonge, John (1993), New Zealand railway and tramway atlas, Exeter, England: Quail Map Co., ISBN 0-900609-92-3, OCLC 949699918, retrieved 21 May 2021

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