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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 1 (April 1, 1936.)

Christchurch-Lyttelton Line

Christchurch-Lyttelton Line.

Opawa:

Contraction of Opaawaho (the Heathcote river), the place of the outer fort or guard. A palisaded pa formerly stood on a low mound here—a kind of outpost against hostile canoes coming up the river.