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Tinwald | |
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| Coordinates: 43°55′S 171°43′E / 43.917°S 171.717°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Ashburton |
| Local authority | Ashburton District Council |
| Electoral ward | Ashburton |
| Area | |
| • Land | 470 ha (1,160 acres) |
| Population (June 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,860 |
| Lagmhor | Ashburton Central | |
| Maronan |
  Tinwald  |
Hampstead |
| Willowby | Huntingdon |
Tinwald is a town in Canterbury, New Zealand, located approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) south of Ashburton, from which it is separated by the Ashburton River / Hakatere. The town was named after Tinwald Downs in Scotland, birthplace of an early European resident and owner of much of the land, Robert Wilkin.[3]
Prominent former citizens of Tinwald include William Massey, who was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925.
The Main South Line section of the South Island Main Trunk Railway runs through Tinwald, and from 1878 until 1968, the town acted as the junction for the Mount Somers Branch. The first 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) of the branch line at the Tinwald end are now preserved by The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum, who regularly operate public open days. The Railway is particularly notable for K 88, a locomotive recovered in 19 and 20 January 1974 from where it was dumped in the Ōreti River and returned to full operating condition in 1982. It still operates services on The Plains Railway today.
Tinwald has several shops spanning its main road including several cafés, a pub and a supermarket.
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Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Wises Publications Limited, Discover New Zealand - A Wises Guide, 9th edition, 1994, p 415.