Lauder, New Zealand

Lauder

Lauder is a small settlement in the Otago Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located in Central Otago, 8 km northeast of Omakau, on the main route between Alexandra and Ranfurly, State Highway 85. The settlement was named after the town of the same name in southern Scotland,^[1] one of many Otago sites to be named after places in the Scottish borders by John Turnbull Thomson.^[2]

Lauder had a station on the former Otago Central Railway, now defunct, and served as a railway servicing town from the time the rails reached the town in 1904.^[2] It remains a popular stopover on the Otago Central Rail Trail.^[3] Lauder is the closest settlement to the Poolburn Gorge, a popular sight on the rail trail.

^ Reed, A.W. (1975) Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 223
^ ^a ^b Lauder at visit-newzealand.com Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ Otago Central Rail Trail

[1] Reed, A.W. (1975) Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 223

[visit-2] Lauder at visit-newzealand.com Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[3] Otago Central Rail Trail

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