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Oamaru
Oamaru (; , the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin, on the Pacific coast, and State Highway 1 and the railway Main South Line connect it to both. With a population of , Oamaru is the 27th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the second largest in Otago behind Dunedin.
The name Oamaru derives from Māori words meaning the place of Maru (compare with Timaru). The identity of Maru remains open to conjecture.
Oamaru (New Zealand electorate)
Oamaru was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, during three periods between 1866 and 1978.