Berwick is a small farming community on the banks of the
Waipori River
The Waipori River is in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Rising in the Lammerlaw Range, it flows southeast for before joining the Taieri River near Henley, southwest of Dunedin of which it is officially the southernmost border. Goog ...
in
Clutha District
Clutha District is a local government district of southern New Zealand, with its headquarters in the Otago town of Balclutha. The Clutha District has a land area of and an estimated population of as of . Clutha District occupies the majority o ...
,
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 ...
. To the south of Berwick is the
Berwick Forest, a large pine plantation.
Berwick is also the location of one of the
Otago Youth Adventure Trust
Otago Youth Adventure Trust is a trust that operates three outdoor education camps in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. The Trust was established in 1968 and owns Tautuku Outdoor Education Centre near Tautuku Beach in the C ...
's campsites.
It is unclear which Berwick the community is named after, but the leading candidate is
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...
in
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey.
It is bordered by land ...
.
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Populated places in Otago
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