Arapito is a town in the

Karamea Karamea is a town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the northernmost settlement of any real size on the West Coast, and is located northeast by road from Westport. Apart from a narrow coastal strip, the town of Karam ...

area of

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. Arapito is a farming community on the south side of the

Karamea River The Karamea River is a river of New Zealand. It is located in the Tasman and West Coast Regions of the South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other bei ...

, and upriver from the main

township. The settlement was originally named Promised Land; it was changed to Arapito (

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

: 'End of the path') in 1908 when a post office was established in the town. The area was originally a Māori hunting trail, hence the name.

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Buller District Populated places in the West Coast, New Zealand {{WestCoastNZ-geo-stub