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media type="custom" key="26609668" align="right"New Zealand / Otago
related: queenstown flickrgroups: [|Ecotourism Oceania] editing: [|Otago]

New Zealand's **Otago** is located in the southeast of the [|South Island]. The Maori name is 'Otakou' which means 'red earth.'

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Facebook
[|Lake Wanaka]

Flickr groups
[|Arrowtown] [|Otago]

Tourism Portals
[|Central Otago]

Twitter
[|@NZEcosanctuary] [|@CentralOtago_NZ] [|@alexaforbes] [|@csp_otago] [|@otagopeninsula] [|@odtnews] [|@TourismWaitaki]

https://twitter.com/Highlanders

YouTube
[|LakeWanakaTourism]

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Wikipedia
[|Kawaru River] [|Otago]

Matariki
[] [] [|@PuakaMatariki]

http://otagomuseum.nz/whats-on/do/programme-and-events/event/matariki-journey-to-the-stars

Recommended Listening
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/20163665/marine-protection-in-otago

Universities
[|University of Otago on iTunes U] provides you with an opportunity to see or listen to more than 100 Otago experiences.

Other notable centers of education include [|Otago Polytechnic] - of interest is Otago Polytechnics new [|Living Campus] concept.

The [|Centre for Sustainable Practice] was established in 2007 to lead the development of sustainable practice in the Otago region. It operates as a business unit of Otago Polytechnic and is based at the Central Otago campus in Cromwell. The Centre’s core activities are education, consultancy and research. The education arm develops multidisciplinary courses, events, best practice visits and conferences, and access to sustainable products and services. The consultancy arm provides access to expertise and related services such as evaluating and recommending improvements to sustainability of business practices. The research arm undertakes research into issues related to sustainability, such as rating the sustainability of products and services. [|cspotago]

Dr Anna Thompson (nee Carr) Co-Director, Centre for Recreation Research [|http://www.crr.otago.ac.nz] []

News
[|Otago Daily Times] - [|@odtnews]

Events
[|Otago Festival]

Editing
[|Otago] [|Dunedin] [|Oamaru] [|Queenstown] [|Wanaka]

[|Dunedin]
Te Korowai o Mihiwaka, Orokonui Ecosanctuary [|www.orokonui.org.nz] [|Carisbrook] [|Dunedin Environment Centre Trust] Forsyth Barr Stadium [|Dunedin Tourism] [|City of Dunedin] [|Dunedin Fringe] [|Otago Daily Times] [|Dunedin Flickr Group] [] [|Insider’s View … Dunedin, New Zealand] [] - [|@Lovedunedin] - [] [|Otago Museum] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Octagon,_Dunedin

July 2013: Renting a budget hire car is now cheaper than hiring a taxi from Dunedin International Airport into the central city, as taxi fares climb towards the $100 mark for the one-way, 30km trip. [] [|@odtnews]

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Oamaru
http://www.penguins.co.nz http://steampunkoamaru.co.nz  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oamaru [|Paul Sorrell - Oamaru] [|Tourism Waitaki] [|Visit Omaru]

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Puzzling World] - https://www.flickr.com/photos/puzzlingworld - [|@puzzlingworld] [|Lake Wanaka] [|Wanaka: The white stuff - NZ Herald] [|A trip over Rabbit Pass - Ed Breit/New Zealand Wild Walks] [|Everything about Otago] [|The delights of Otago Central - Sunday Star Times] [|Otago's Climate] [|Center for Tourism] [|Otago Tracks and Walks] [|Otago Regional Council - Environmental Management] [|Central Otago District] [|Tourism Central Otago] [|Kawaru River] [|Otago]

Rail Trail
[|Otago Rail Trail]offers a free booking service which co-ordinates your bike hire, accommodation, luggage and shuttle transfers. The trail can be accessed throughout the year, and has been specifically created for mountain bikers, walkers and horse riders. The Trail follows the old Central Otago branch railway line from Clyde to Middlemarch passing though many towns along the way. http://blog.teara.govt.nz/2013/01/22/another-ride [|Otago Central Rail Trail]

Vanished World Trail
The Vanished World Trail – part of the national Heritage Trail network - provides a self-guided 80 km tour around selected geological sites in North Otago, from Duntroon to Waianakarua. Sites are on public and private land; access to sites is free. The trail is a community initiative developed in partnership with the University of Otago to foster conservation, education and scientific study.

[|Vanished World fossil trail attracts thousands] - An Otago fossil trail is growing in popularity, with more than seven thousand visitors last year. http://www.vanishedworld.co.nz http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/research/paleontology/vanished-world.html

[|Oamaru]
http://www.visitoamaru.co.nz [|@TourismWaitaki]

Sports
http://www.odt.co.nz/sport [|Sports Otago] [|Otago Rugby Football Union] http://thehighlanders.co.nz - https://twitter.com/Highlanders

Water
A study of five Otago lakes, including the two largest freshwater bodies in the region - lakes Wanaka and Wakatipu - will allow the Otago Regional Council to monitor their health. http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/otago/60952/state-otago-lakes-studied [|Arrowtown] [|Cromwell] [|Manioto]

Wanaka
http://www.thewanakasun.co.nz - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wanaka-New-Zealand/wanakasun-online/316063404808?ref=mf http://www.shapingourfuture.org.nz

Eco
[|Sustainable Wanaka] [|Tourism Project - Sustainable Wanaka] [|Sustainable New Zealand] [|Wanaka Wastebusters]

Maori Place Names How to pronounce 10 Otago place names. - Otakou (Or-taa-koh) Purakaunui (Poo-raa-koh-nooi) Waikouaiti (Wy-koh-eye-tee) Otekaieke (Or-tee-ky-eccy) Whare Flat (Local pronunciation is Wo-ree, while North Island dialect is Fo-ree) Wakari (Wok-aa-ree) Hakataramea (Hukka-turra-mee-a) Omakau (Or-maa-koh) Waianakarua (Wy-unar-kaa-rooa) Wakatipu (Wokka-tip-ooa) SOURCE: Jim Williams, University of Otago, [|If you know how to say it, why not?]

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