Fruitlands | |
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Settlement | |
 Mitchell's Cottage in Symes Road is registered as a Category I heritage building by Heritage New Zealand | |
.svg)  Fruitlands Fruitlands, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′47″S 169°18′04″E / 45.313°S 169.301°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Otago |
| Territorial authority | Central Otago District |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
Fruitlands, originally known as Bald Hill Flat, is a settlement in Central Otago in the Otago region of New Zealand.
It is situated on State Highway 8, 14 km southwest of Alexandra, and 27 km northeast of Roxburgh. Fruitlands was initially settled a gold mining town following a gold rush in the early 1860s.