Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Shag Point is the centre of a coalmining district in the county of Waihemo, and is situated seven miles from Palmerston. The railway station of Shag Point Junction, near the township, is on the main line, forty-seven miles north from Dunedin. There are two notable mines in the neighbourhood, one belonging to the Shag Point Coal Company, and the other to the Allandale Coal Company. Shag Point has a public school, post and telephone office, one hotel, and a general store. There is good rabbit shooting for sportsmen, and the Shag river, near at hand, is well stocked with trout. On the summit of Pukiviti Hill, many hundreds of feet above the sea level, stands in solitary grandeur, the massive cairn erected to the memory of the late Sir John McKenzie, long notable as Minister of Lands and Agriculture in the Government of New Zealand.