About: Palmerston, New Zealand

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The town of Palmerston, in New Zealand's South Island, lies 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin. It is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward of the Waitaki District, with a population of 890 residents. Palmerston grew at a major road junction: State Highway 1 links Dunedin and Waikouaiti to the south with Oamaru and Christchurch to the north, while State Highway 85 (known colloquially as "The Pigroot") heads inland to become the principal highway of the Maniototo. The Main South Line railway passes through the town and the Seasider tourist train travels from Dunedin to Palmerston and back once or twice a week. From 1880 until 1989, the town acted as the junction between the main line and a branch line that ran inland, the Dunback and Makareao Branches.

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  • Palmerston ist ein kleiner Ort im Waitaki District der Region Otago auf der Südinsel von Neuseeland. (de)
  • Palmerston est une petite ville du district de Waitaki, sur la côte est de l'Île du Sud, en Nouvelle-Zélande. * Portail de la Nouvelle-Zélande (fr)
  • The town of Palmerston, in New Zealand's South Island, lies 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin. It is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward of the Waitaki District, with a population of 890 residents. Palmerston grew at a major road junction: State Highway 1 links Dunedin and Waikouaiti to the south with Oamaru and Christchurch to the north, while State Highway 85 (known colloquially as "The Pigroot") heads inland to become the principal highway of the Maniototo. The Main South Line railway passes through the town and the Seasider tourist train travels from Dunedin to Palmerston and back once or twice a week. From 1880 until 1989, the town acted as the junction between the main line and a branch line that ran inland, the Dunback and Makareao Branches. Palmerston stands near the banks of the Shag River, five kilometres inland from the Pacific coast. Between it and the sea stands the lone hill of Puketapu (Māori for sacred hill, known by Southerners as Holy Hill), crowned with a monument to the 19th century Otago politician Sir John McKenzie. An annual race takes place up to the memorial and back, which is called the Kelly's canter, dedicated to Albert Kelly who ran up Puketapu as a constable in the Palmerston police force every day during World War II. This cairn is the second around Palmerston dedicated to MacKenzie – an earlier cairn was built on a hill to the north of the town, near Shag Point, but collapsed owing to the unstable geology of the site. Many people confuse the town of Palmerston with the much more populous North Island city of Palmerston North, whose residents often call their home simply "Palmerston". Otago's town has the earlier claim to the name, however – its surveying dates from 1862, whereas the northern city did not receive its name until 1871. Both towns take their names from Lord Palmerston, the 19th-century British Prime Minister. The nearby Shag River is named for the cormorant, a sea bird that ventures a little inland, colloquially known as a 'shag'. The river's Māori name, 'Waihemo', has been translated as 'Dwindle River'. It is thought to arise from the river's tendency to reduce in summer to a small stream. Palmerston used to be the capital of the Waihemo County, the surrounding district, before it was amalgamated with the Waitaki District in 1989. (en)
  • Palmerston is een stad op het Zuidereiland van Nieuw-Zeeland in de regio Otago, en ligt 50 km ten noorden van Dunedin. Het is de grootste stad in , en ontwikkelde zich rondom een kruispunt van twee grote wegen: de State Highway 1 die Dunedin met Oamaru en Christchurch verbindt, en Provincial Highway 85, lokaal ook wel de Pigroot, die het binnenland ingaat, en de hoofdverkeersader van het -plateau wordt. Palmerston ligt aan de rivier de , op vijf kilometer van de Stille Oceaan. tussen de stad en de zee ligt de heuvel , met een monument aan de 19e-eeuwse politicus . Er is nog weleens verwarring tussen Palmerston en Palmerston North op het Noordereiland. De stad in Otago kreeg zijn naam eerder, namelijk in 1862, terwijl de stad op het Noordereiland pas in 1871 de naam kreeg toegewezen. Beide steden zijn vernoemd naar de derde burggraaf van Palmerston en premier van Groot-Brittannië, Henry John Temple. (nl)
  • Palmerston – miasto w Nowej Zelandii, na Wyspie Południowej, w regionie Otago. (pl)
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  • Palmerston ist ein kleiner Ort im Waitaki District der Region Otago auf der Südinsel von Neuseeland. (de)
  • Palmerston est une petite ville du district de Waitaki, sur la côte est de l'Île du Sud, en Nouvelle-Zélande. * Portail de la Nouvelle-Zélande (fr)
  • Palmerston – miasto w Nowej Zelandii, na Wyspie Południowej, w regionie Otago. (pl)
  • The town of Palmerston, in New Zealand's South Island, lies 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin. It is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward of the Waitaki District, with a population of 890 residents. Palmerston grew at a major road junction: State Highway 1 links Dunedin and Waikouaiti to the south with Oamaru and Christchurch to the north, while State Highway 85 (known colloquially as "The Pigroot") heads inland to become the principal highway of the Maniototo. The Main South Line railway passes through the town and the Seasider tourist train travels from Dunedin to Palmerston and back once or twice a week. From 1880 until 1989, the town acted as the junction between the main line and a branch line that ran inland, the Dunback and Makareao Branches. (en)
  • Palmerston is een stad op het Zuidereiland van Nieuw-Zeeland in de regio Otago, en ligt 50 km ten noorden van Dunedin. Het is de grootste stad in , en ontwikkelde zich rondom een kruispunt van twee grote wegen: de State Highway 1 die Dunedin met Oamaru en Christchurch verbindt, en Provincial Highway 85, lokaal ook wel de Pigroot, die het binnenland ingaat, en de hoofdverkeersader van het -plateau wordt. Palmerston ligt aan de rivier de , op vijf kilometer van de Stille Oceaan. tussen de stad en de zee ligt de heuvel , met een monument aan de 19e-eeuwse politicus . (nl)
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  • Palmerston, New Zealand (en)
  • Palmerston (Neuseeland) (de)
  • Palmerston (Nouvelle-Zélande) (fr)
  • Palmerston (Nieuw-Zeeland) (nl)
  • Palmerston (Nowa Zelandia) (pl)
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