Palmerston is a town in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Located 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin, it is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward of the Waitaki District, with a
Palmerston Town Hall
Panorama of the view from Puketapu Cairn overlooking Palmerston
Puketapu dominates Palmerston, New Zealand. The statue at left depicts Zealandia.
St Mary's Anglican Church, Palmerston, New Zealand (2023)
Shag Point / Matakaea is a headland and township in East Otago, New Zealand. Both the point and the nearby Shag River take their English name from a seabird, the pied shag.
Shag Point headland
Panorama overlooking the area, on the north side of the mouth of the Shag River