Patearoa

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} [[File:Patearoa.jpg|thumb|Patearoa Store and Post Office.]] '''Patearoa''' is a small settlement in inland [[Otago]] in [[New Zealand]]'s [[South Island]]. It is located 20 kilometres southwest of [[Ranfurly, New Zealand|Ranfurly]], in the [[Maniototo]] (the upper valley of the [[Taieri River]]) and was originally known as Sowburn. [[Andrew Buchanan (New Zealand politician)|Andrew Buchanan]] was an early [[wiktionary:runholder|runholder]] in Patearoa.<ref>{{cite book | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L | volume = I | year = 1940 | publisher = [[Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)|Department of Internal Affairs]] | location = Wellington | url = https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf | access-date = 7 November 2015 | page=112}}</ref>

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