Motupipi

Motupipi is a settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island, located at the mouth of the Motupipi River east of Tākaka. It was the first place in Golden Bay / Mohua where Europeans settled.

The name Motupipi translates as the island or bush (motu) with pipi shellfish, referring to the pipi which are found on the beach.

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