Orepuki

Orepuki
Aropaki (Māori)
Abandoned stores in Orepuki
Etymology: Unclear etymology, with multiple potential translations proposed.
Orepuki
Location of Orepuki in New Zealand
CountryNew Zealand
RegionSouthland
DistrictSouthland
Established1865

Orepuki in Southland, New Zealand is a small country township on the coast of Te Waewae Bay some 20 minutes from Riverton / Aparima, 15 minutes from Tuatapere and 50 minutes from Invercargill that sits at the foot of the Longwood Range. Once a thriving gold mining settlement of 3000 people, today Orepuki is something of a ghost town with an assortment of abandoned stores, goldmining relics and sluicing scars as the only reminders of its former glory.

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