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|population_density_km2 = auto |population_urban = |population_density_sq_mi = |timezone=NZST |utc_offset=+12 |timezone_DST=NZDT |utc_offset_DST=+13 |coor_pinpoint = |coordinates_type = |coordinates_display = |latd=46|latm=11 |lats= |latNS=S |longd=168|longm=52 |longs= |longEW=E |postal_code_type = Postcode(s) |postal_code = |area_code = 03 |website = |footnotes = }} Mataura is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Mataura has a meat processing plant, and until 2000 it was the site of a large pulp and paper mill.〔http://www.sapphire.ac.uk/Mataura%20history%20report.pdf THE BUSINESS HISTORY OF THE MATAURA PAPER MILL 1976- 2000〕 ==Geography== It is situated on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line railway, on the eastern fringe of the Southland Plain 13 kilometres south west of Gore and 53 kilometres north east of Invercargill. On the southern side of the town, New Zealand State Highway 96 diverges from SH 1 and runs westward through nearby communities such as Te Tipua and Waitane, ultimately terminating in Ohai. The town straddles the Mataura River which flows south through the town and is a source of brown trout. On the northern outskirts of the town the river falls over a bed of sandstone 6.1 metres (20 ft) high to create the Mataura Falls which is known by local Maori as Te Aunui (the great current).〔Muir, page 7.〕 The land rises to the Hokonui Hills 13 km to the north-west, while to the east is a series of hills. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mataura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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