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Kurow (pop. 339 in 2006 census) is a town in the Waitaki Valley in the South Island of New Zealand, 55 kilometres inland from Oamaru. ==Description== The name is an Anglicised form of the name of the nearby mountain Te Kohurau.〔(Otago places )〕 In the 1920s the town was the base for the building of the nearby Waitaki Dam and forming Lake Waitaki in the first of a series of hydroelectric projects on the Waitaki River. The first social security scheme for New Zealand workers was designed in the town, arising from Presbyterian Minister of Kurow Arnold Nordmeyer's experience of working with families of workers on the Waitaki hydro-electric project.〔http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pm+commemorates+world-first+social+security+system〕 Examples of pre-European Māori cave paintings are close to the small settlement of Duntroon. The land around the town includes summerfruit orchards, and increasing amounts of Pinot noir are being planted in the limestone soils. The town was the terminus of the Kurow Branch railway, opened in 1881 to Hakataramea, across the Waitaki River, but cut back to Kurow in 1930. It closed in 1983: the line can be traced on the ground, and the station still building stands on Liverpool St. From 1928 until 1937, a line owned by the Public Works Department ran from Kurow to the hydroelectric project 6.4 km to the west. Notable people from Kurow include All Black captain Richie McCaw. From 1929 to 1934, Dr Gervan McMillan and his wife Ethel were residents of Kurow, with Dr McMillan running a medical practice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kurow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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