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

Pahia

Pahia is forty miles from Invercargill, on the Orepuki branch line of railway. At the census of 1901, the village and neighbourhood had a population of 151. The dis- page 946 trict is a portion of the Orepuki riding of the county of Wallace, and is in the electoral district of Wallace. The flag station is four miles from Orepuki, and between the railway line and the sea there is a considerable extent of open country. There is also an extensive area of bush land, where several sawmills are at work, and flaxmilling, also, is carried on in the district. The coast line, which is the south coast of the Middle Island, is very broken, but exceedingly picturesque. At the island of Matariki, which lies off the coast near the settlement, there is an old Maori pa, of which a view is given at page 777 of this volume. Pahia Point and Pahia Hill are amongst the distinctive features of the landscape. Pahia has a public school, which is attended by about thirty children. The local post office is named Dalmore.