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Awatuna
Once part of the densley populated Waimate plain, the dairy factory town all but disappeared in the later 20th century
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Meaning of place name
Name translates as 'Eel stream' - awa: stream; tuna: eel. Formerly known as Eels Creek.
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Awatuna war memorial