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Rural settlement in Otago, New Zealand
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Kingston is a small village at the southern end of Lake Wakatipu, south of Queenstown in New Zealand. Activities in the area include fishing, boating, kayaking, hiking and rock climbing.
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The railway line was built as gold was discovered in the Wakatipu districts in 1862, and the need to connect to the shipping ports of Dunedin and Invercargill by steamships and steam trains became apparent. It reached Kingston on 10 Jul 1878, and a public holiday was declared by the local councils.
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