Wimbledon, New Zealand
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Wimbledon is a farming locality in the Tararua District, New Zealand. It is located on the former SH 52 between Waipukurau and Masterton. It is Script error: No such module "convert". from Weber, Script error: No such module "convert". from Herbertville on the coast, and Script error: No such module "convert". inland from Cape Turnagain. The Waikopiro Stream runs into the Wainui River at Wimbledon.[1][2]
Wimbledon has a war memorial,[3] a few farms and a tavern A heritage listed building built in 1886.[4] The area is well known for sheep farming and for exotic breeds of sheep.[5]
The locality was named after Wimbledon in England during the 1880s after a local resident shot a bullock while standing a considerable distance away. It was considered by onlookers to be a shot worthy of the rifle-shooting championships held in Wimbledon at the time.[6]
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