Dunedin ( dəˈniːdɪn (help·info)), (Māori: Ōtepoti), is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the region of Otago. It has the largest council boundary area of any New Zealand city, and is the hub of the fifth-largest urban area. For historical and cultural reasons and its location, Dunedin is considered one of the country's four main centres, although Hamilton has overtaken Dunedin in its urban-area ...
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Dunedin ( dəˈniːdɪn (help·info)), (Māori: Ōtepoti), is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the region of Otago. It has the largest council boundary area of any New Zealand city, and is the hub of the fifth-largest urban area. For historical and cultural reasons and its location, Dunedin is considered one of the country's four main centres, although Hamilton has overtaken Dunedin in its urban-area population.
The city of Dunedin stands on the hills and valleys surrounding the head of Otago Harbour. The harbour and hills are the remnants of an extinct volcano. This city is also is the home of the University of Otago.
Modern archaeology favours a date around 1100 AD for the first human (Māori) occupation of New Zealand with population concentrated along the southeast coast. A camp site at Kaikai's Beach, near Otago Heads, has been dated from about that time. There are numerous archaic (moa hunter) sites in what is now Dunedin, several of...
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