- Lindale, New Zealand
Location map
North Island
label=Lindale
lat_dir=S | lat_deg=40 | lat_min=54
lon_dir=E | lon_deg=175 | lon_min=1
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caption=Lindale is a locality just north of the
Paraparaumu town centre inNew Zealand 'sKapiti Coast district. Originally involving just a Tourist and Agricultural Centre, gaining a reputation forcheese and more recentlyolive s, it has since acquired auniversity campus and a convention centre.State Highway 1 and the
North Island Main Trunk railway both pass through Lindale. The railway line was formerly owned by theWellington and Manawatu Railway Company , and construction of the line was completed when the ends fromWellington andLongburn (Palmerston North ) met near Lindale inOtaihanga in 1886. There are proposals to extend the commuter train service, operated byTranz Metro to a new station at Lindale, subject toWellington Regional Council funding.External links
* [http://www.weblognz.com/20030419052935723.htm Weblog NZ feature, April 2003]
* [http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/AK0410/S00132.htm Scoop - Lindale Bridge nearly finished, October 2004]
* [http://osnz.org.nz/Abstract%20archives/absvol47.htm OSNZ - Breeding biology of little shags (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) at Lindale]
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