Sutton is a locality in the
Strath Taieri, in the southern part of the
South Island
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, New Zealand. It is located on
SH 87 close to the point where it is met by the
Taieri Gorge rail line, some 5 kilometres to the south of
Middlemarch
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. New Zealand's only salt lake, the
Sutton Salt Lake, lies 10 kilometres to the west. Sutton is the location of the Orchard Sun Club, Dunedin's only landed
naturist club
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.
Localities in the Dunedin City territory
Settlements on the Taieri River
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