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3 unusual facts about New Munster


Eyreton

It is named after Edward John Eyre, who at one time was the lieutenant governor of the South Island (then known as New Munster).

New Munster

New Munster Province, a former province of New Zealand, consisting of the South Island alone (1846–53) and for some time additionally of Stewart Island (1841-46)

Westosha Central High School

It serves students in grades 9 through 12 in the municipalities of Wheatland, Salem, Brighton, Paris, Paddock Lake, Trevor, New Munster, and Bristol.


West Eyreton

It is located west of Kaiapoi and northwest of Eyreton and is named after Edward John Eyre, a 19th-century lieutenant governor of the South Island (then known as New Munster).


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