Titiroa is a locality in the
Southland region of New Zealand's
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
. It is on the eastern bank of the lower
Mataura River, inland from
Toetoes Bay.
Pine Bush is nearby to the northeast, and
Waimahaka is to the southeast.
Railway
On 18 June 1899, an extension of the
Seaward Bush Branch was opened from
Gorge Road to Waimahaka; the only intermediate station was situated in Titiroa. This
branch line railway linked Titiroa with
Invercargill, approximately 36 km away by rail. Passengers were carried on daily
mixed trains; these were cut to operate once weekly in 1951, and after this point were operated mainly for the benefit of
New Zealand Railways Department employees and their families who lived in the area. Goods-only trains operated on the other days, and on 1 June 1960 they became the sole trains through Titiroa as the weekly mixed was cancelled. The line officially closed on 31 March 1966 as freight levels had not been profitable for years. Some of the line's old
formation
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Linguistics
* Back-formation, the process of creating a new lexeme by removing or affixes
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Mathematics and science
* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondar ...
can still be seen in the vicinity of Titiroa.
[David Leitch and Brian Scott, ''Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways'', revised edition (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998 995, 125-6.]
Titiroa Mountain
A 1715m Peak known as
Mount Titiroa
Mt Titiroa is a prominent landmark of the Te Anau Basin area of northern Southland on the eastern flank of Fiordland National Park. It is known for its white granite rock which gives its summit the appearance of lingering snow even throughout t ...
stands alone on the Eastern flank of the
Hunter Mountains of
Fiordland National Park
Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is by far the largest of the 13 national parks in New Zealand, with an area of , and a major part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site. The park i ...
and it is a prominent landmark throughout the
Te Anau Basin of Northern Southland.
References
Populated places in the Southland Region
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