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8 unusual facts about Southland Region


1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

The Lions won the opening four fixtures before losing to Otago and Southland, but succeeded in holding the All Blacks to a nine-all draw.

Acaena tesca

Acaena tesca is a species of low growing perennial plant restricted to the upper slopes of the mountains of central Otago and northern Southland in the South Island of New Zealand.

Black-billed Gull

About 78% of the population breeds in the Southland Region on the southern end of South Island, New Zealand, especially beside the Mataura, the Oreti, the Aparima and Waiau Rivers.

Black-fronted Tern

Within New Zealand, the Black-fronted Tern is found from the southern tip of the North Island, and along much of the eastern South Island from Marlborough to Southland, and to Stewart Island.

Chiltonia

Subsequent taxonomic splits have retricted the name to the populations in the Southland and Otago Regions in New Zealand's South Island.

New Zealand Coot

It was described in 1893 by New Zealand naturalist, ethnologist and museum director Augustus Hamilton, from material he had collected the previous year at Castle Rocks on the Oreti River in Southland.

Queens Park A.F.C.

In 1960 the senior team was promoted to the premier Southland competition, the Donald Gray Memorial Cup.

Tetrachondra

Its distribution range is disjunct: one species is endemic to New Zealand (mainly Stewart Island, Otago and Southland) while the other one is endemic to southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.


Guy Overton

Guy William Fitzroy Overton (8 June 1919 in Dunedin – 7 September 1993 in Winton, Southland) was a New Zealand cricketer who played three Tests in 1953-54.

Henry family of New Zealand

The Henrys on arriving in New Zealand founded a timbermilling operation near Riverton in Southland .

New Zealand outlying islands

The two exceptions are the Chatham Islands, which form a special territorial authority (island council) themselves, and the Solander Islands, which are part of the Southland Region and Southland District.

New Zealand State Highway 97

State Highway 97 is a New Zealand State Highway connecting the settlements of Five Rivers (on State Highway 6) and Mossburn (on State Highway 94) in the Southland Region.

New Zealand State Highway 98

State Highway 98 is a New Zealand State Highway connecting the settlements of Lorneville (on State Highway 6 just north of Invercargill) and Dacre (on State Highway 1) in the Southland Region.

Verdon College

Highlanders First XV Competition - Verdon are one of four Southland schools that compete in the Highlanders First XV competition (the other three are Southland Boys, Gore High and Central Southland College).


see also

Gore District

Gore, New Zealand, a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.

Pine Bush

Pine Bush, New Zealand, a locality in the Southland region of New Zealand