# Raes Junction

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Settlement in Otago Region, New Zealand

Raes Junction Hotel

**Raes Junction** is a small settlement in New Zealand, located at the intersection of [State Highways 8](/source/State_Highway_8_(New_Zealand)) and [90](/source/State_Highway_90_(New_Zealand)), in the lower [South Island](/source/South_Island). The highways that meet at the junction are the main routes to the [Clutha](/source/Clutha_River) valley for travellers from [Dunedin](/source/Dunedin) and [Invercargill](/source/Invercargill) respectively.

Raes Junction is 62 kilometres (39 mi) by road from [Milton](/source/Milton%2C_New_Zealand), 67 kilometres (42 mi) from [Gore](/source/Gore%2C_New_Zealand), and 72 kilometres (45 mi) from [Alexandra](/source/Alexandra%2C_New_Zealand). The junction lies 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the south of the Clutha River. The nearest town of any significant size is [Lawrence](/source/Lawrence%2C_New_Zealand), which is 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the southeast.

The area was named after James Rae,[1][2] who operated *J. Rae's Junction Hotel* during the late-1800s. The name for the area later became just *Rae's Junction*,[3] and eventually the possessive apostrophe was lost. The area was also known as Bastings, after [Horace Bastings](/source/Horace_Bastings), a member of the [Otago Provincial Council](/source/Otago_Provincial_Council).[4]

Although the settlement itself is little more than a farming and horticultural community, its location at this mid-way junction is thus of considerable regional importance,[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] as is the larger settlement of [Beaumont](/source/Beaumont%2C_New_Zealand), some six kilometres to the southeast. The Raes Junction school opened in around 1884[5] and closed in 1927.[6]

## Notable people

- [Mary Rae](/source/Mary_Rae) – nurse[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Up the Road. No II."](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TT18791129.2.13), *The Tuapeka Times*, p. 3, 29 November 1879, retrieved 6 February 2024, Raes Junction takes its name from Mr James Rae, who owns the hotel property which is there situated widely known as the Junction Hotel.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3kdRAQAAMAAJ), vol. 2, New Zealand Parliament House of Representatives, 1882, retrieved 6 February 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*The Otago Daily Times*](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18790313.2.8), 13 March 1879, p. 2, retrieved 6 February 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["NZGB Gazetteer - Raes Junction"](https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/37701), *Land Information New Zealand*, retrieved 6 February 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Beaumont School Election."](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TT18840202.2.10), *The Tuapeka Times*, p. 3, 2 February 1884, retrieved 6 February 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Education board. Monthly meeting."](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19271208.2.7), *[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times)*, p. 3, 8 December 1927, retrieved 6 February 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Chamberlain, Rhys (18 October 2015). ["Trust fund helping nurses for a century"](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/trust-fund-helping-nurses-century). *[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times)*. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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