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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Oporo is the name of a tablet-signal and flag-station on the Invercargill-Orepuki line of railway. It is eleven miles distant from Invercargill. The district is part of the Wallacetown riding of the county of Southland, and is in the electorate of Awarua. Stock raising, agriculture and flaxmilling are its principal industries. The fertile district of New River Flat is about two miles from the Oporo railway station, by a good road.