Milton, New Zealand
Overview
New Zealand State Highway network
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, 50 kilometres to the south of Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
in Otago
Otago
Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
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. It lies on the floodplain of the Tokomairiro River
Tokomairiro River
The Tokomairiro River is located in Otago, New Zealand. It flows southeast for some 50 kilometres , reaching the Pacific Ocean at Toko Mouth 50 kilometres south of Dunedin...
, one branch of which loops past the north and south ends of the town. This river gives its name to many local features, notably the town's main school, Tokomairiro High School
Tokomairiro High School
Tokomairiro High School is a secondary school in Milton, New Zealand, often simply known as "Toko".-History:Founded in 1856 as Tokomairiro School, it is one of New Zealand's oldest schools. It was originally established at Fairfax in the southeast of Milton, with Alexander Ayson as the first teacher...
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Founded as a milling town in the 1850s, there has long been dispute as to the naming of the settlement.
