Five Rivers (New Zealand)
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Coordinates | 45 ° 37 ′ S , 168 ° 27 ′ E | |
Region ISO | NZ-STL | |
Country | New Zealand | |
region | Southland | |
District | Southland District | |
Ward | Five Rivers Ward | |
Residents | few | |
height | 287 m | |
Post Code | 9793 | |
Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 |
Five Rivers is a small settlement in the Southland District of the Southland regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The settlement got its name after the farm " Five River Station " founded here by Arthur Hogue in 1857 . The place is a station on the Southern Scenic Route .
geography
The settlement is located about 13 km north of Lumsden at the junction of New Zealand State Highway 97 from New Zealand State Highway 6 to Mossburn on the Irthing Stream , one of five tributaries from the Eyre Mountains into the Oreti River . The other four are the Cromel , Acton , Oswald and the Dilston Stream , which unite at Lowther about seven kilometers to the south and do not come close to the place except for the Irthing Stream . The next villages on SH 6 to the north are Parawa and Athol, about 25 km away .
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Five Rivers . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 918 .
- New Zealand Travel Atlas . Wise Maps , Auckland , ISBN 0-908794-47-9 .