Mataura
| Mataura | ||
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 12 ′ S , 168 ° 52 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-STL | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Southland | |
| District | Gore District | |
| Ward | Mataura Ward | |
| Residents | 1 509 (2013) | |
| height | 52 m | |
| Post Code | 9712 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
| UN / LOCODE | NZ MTR | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 The large Mataura paper mill was an important economic factor in the region until 2000, photo taken in 1982 |
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Mataura is a small town in the Gore District of the Southland regionon the South Island of New Zealand .
geography
The place is about 13 km southwest of Gore and 45 kilometers north of Invercargill . The Mataura River flows through Mataura after the place was named.
population
In the 2013 census, the town had 1,509 inhabitants, 3.3% more than in the 2006 census.
economy
There is a slaughterhouse in Mataura . Until August 2000, the place was also the location of a large paper and pulp mill, which was then shut down; a restart is considered unlikely.
Infrastructure
Road traffic
The New Zealand State Highway 1 runs through Mataura and connects the town with Gore in the northeast and Invercargill in the southwest. South of the village, the New Zealand State Highway 96 branches off from State Highway 1 and connects Mataura with Winton, 42 km to the west .
Rail transport
The southern part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway runs through the village . Until the end of passenger traffic in 2002, Mataura was a stop on the Southerner , since then only goods traffic has been moved on the route.
Literary
The debut novel overkill in Dunedin living crime writer Vanda Symon is in Mataura .
Personalities
- Justin Marshall (* 1973),national rugby player
- Jimmy Cowan ,national rugby player
- Lloyd Ashby ,national rugby player
literature
- * Helga Neubauer: Mataura . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 854 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Mataura . Statistics New Zealand , accessed July 21, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed August 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Jolene Williams : The Business History of the Mataura Paper Mill 1976-2000 . (PDF 491 kB) University of Edinburgh , November 2000, accessed on August 6, 2017 (English).