Tapanui

Tapanui is the largest town of the locally known as West Otago part of the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located near the border with Southland on State Highway 90 As of agriculture, forestry and fisheries embossed place he is at the foot of the Blue Mountains and on Pomahaka River. The deer hunting and trout fishing are popular pastimes in the area. At the 2001 census Tapanui had 846 inhabitants, a decrease of 4.4% since 1996.

For almost 100 years has been the site by the Tapanui Branch, a branch of the Main South Line, connected to the New Zealand rail network. Despite the name, it did not end in Tapanui, but ranged from 1 December 1880 to Kelso and from 1 April 1884 to Heriot. The line was abandoned as a result of damage caused by a severe flood of Pomahaka River in October 1978.

In New Zealand, Tapanui is associated with the chronic fatigue syndrome, the first as a " Tapanui ' flu " ( Tapanui flu) was known. The doctor Peter Snow, who documented the rise of the disease in New Zealand for the first time lived in Tapanui.

The nearby Landslip Hill is a well known in New Zealand fossil locality.

Swell

• Place in the Otago Region