Wairunga

For the album by Fat Freddy's Drop, see Wairunga (album).

Wairunga is a locality in Otago, New Zealand. It is located on SH1 to the south of Palmerston. The Pleasant River flows immediately to the west of Wairunga.[1]

The locality's name is a Māori term literally meaning "water above" and translating as "stream flowing down from the mountains".[2]

  1. ^ Dowling, P. (ed.) (2004). ’’Reed New Zealand atlas’’. Auckland: Reed Publishing. Map 102. ISBN 0 7900 0952 8
  2. ^ Reed, A.W. (1975). Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 455.