Edievale is a small settlement in

West Otago West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...

, in

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. It lies equidistant between Heriot, which lies to the west, and

Raes Junction Raes Junction is a small settlement in New Zealand, located at the intersection of State Highways 8 and 90, in the lower South Island. The highways which meet at the junction are the main routes to the Clutha valley for travellers from Dunedin ...

, which lies to the east, on . Though the settlement is now home to only a few residents, it was formerly larger, and between 1905 and the 1970s served as the terminus of the

Tapanui Branch The Tapanui Branch was a railway line located near the border of the regions of Southland, New Zealand, Southland and Otago, New Zealand. Although the name suggests that it terminated in Tapanui, its furthest terminus was actually in Edievale. ...

railway. With the closure of that line due to repeated flooding, the settlement dwindled to its current size. Edievale was named after pioneering settler John Edie.Edievale
, ''nzhistory.govt.nz''. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

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