Livingstone is a small settlement in

Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...

part of

Waitaki District Waitaki District is a territorial authority district that is located in the Canterbury and Otago regions of the South Island of New Zealand. It straddles the traditional border between the two regions, the Waitaki River, and its seat is Oamaru. ...

, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located northeast of

Danseys Pass Danseys Pass (often incorrectly referred to as ''Dansey's Pass'' or ''Dansey Pass'') (el. 935 m.) is a mountain pass located in the Kakanui Range in the South Island of New Zealand. The pass itself is located at the boundary of the Waitaki ...

, some 30 kilometres northwest of

Oamaru Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway ...

. It is located immediately north of the boundary to Otago regional administered area.. Originally named Ramsey, the name was changed to the current Livingstone in the 1870s. The settlement was home to the nearby Livingstone gold fields, which proved to be an uneconomic venture. Although gold was, and still is, found, the fine nature of its makeup proved to be hard to accumulate. The Livingstone gold company went broke in the 1920s. The evidence of gold mining in the area is still very evident, with slucings and water races still very prominent. Today Livingstone is a small township, with no services. A far cry from the days when 120 pupils were enrolled at the school.

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Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand {{Canterbury-geo-stub