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Kia Ora, New Zealand

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Kia Ora is a small dairy farming locality in North Otago, centred on Kia Ora Hall. It is located 10 kilometres west of Oamaru and a similar distance north of Maheno.^[1] The nearest watercourse is Robbs Crossing River, a small tributary of the Kakanui River. {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

The name is a common greeting in the Māori language and literally means "May you live".^[2]

References

1. ^Reed New Zealand Atlas (2004). Auckland: Reed Publishing, map 102.
2. ^{{cite book| author-link=George Griffiths (historian)| last=Griffiths |first = George|title = Spurious Maori Placenames of Southern New Zealand| page = 113|publisher = Otago Heritage Books|year = 2002|location = Dunedin}}

2 : Populated places in Otago|Waitaki District

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