Glenledi, also known as Bull Creek, is a small coastal farming and holiday settlement to the east of
Milton, New Zealand
Milton, formerly known as Tokomairiro or Tokomairaro, is a town of over 2,000 people, located on State Highway 1, 50 kilometres to the south of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It lies on the floodplain of the Tokomairaro River, one branch of w ...
, in the
Otago region of New Zealand's
South Island. It lies at the north end of
Chrystall's Beach, six kilometres northeast along the coast from
Toko Mouth
Toko Mouth is a settlement close to the south bank of the mouth of the Tokomairaro River, some south of Dunedin and southeast of Milton in Otago, New Zealand.
The settlement comprises some 70 holiday homes, of which a small percentage are ...
. The small Glenledi Stream enters the Pacific Ocean at Bull Creek, passing through a reef-protected cove surrounded by native
bush
Bush commonly refers to:
* Shrub, a small or medium woody plant
Bush, Bushes, or the bush may also refer to:
People
* Bush (surname), including any of several people with that name
**Bush family, a prominent American family that includes:
*** ...
.
[Dann, C. & Peat, N. (1989) ''Dunedin, North and South Otago.'' Wellington: GP Books; pp. 66-69.]
''Glenledi'' is a corruption of the early settler name "Glen Lady", first applied to the area by a daughter of the Reverend Mr Dewes. The name ''Bull Creek'' probably from that of early whaler Robert O'Neill, whose strength earned him the nickname "John Bull". The area's
Māori
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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 ...
name, ''Moanariri'' (meaning "angry sea") is still occasionally encountered.
[ pp. 57 & 141.]"Locations A-B
, Balclutha Genealogical Society. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
References
Populated places in Otago
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