Piopio, a rural King Country community, is thought* to be named after the
extinct Native Thrush

 
 
 
 
 
 
DIRECTORIES
HOW to contact   WHO
for   WHAT in and near Piopio
and Experiencing NZ
 
NEWS
  Noticeboard, email list
  Current Birdtalk (Pdf), or plaintext
  School Newsletters:-
Aria Primary, Mapiu School, PiopioPrimary, PiopioCollege

Interactive GOOGLE MAP, slow loading, fully functional, large view
centred on Piopio. Zoom out to centre on anywhere in the World.
Links to sister sites - in-piopio.co.nz, Te Kuiti, Taumarunui

* "Piopio" was originally a Maori family's name for a small part of their farm, after a failed potato crop. Using the name for the whole district came about by confusion when Pakeha settlers came.