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

Community Diary
News Watch Country Calendar May 24 7pm Tv1 to see our Greenmount llamas
They will also be exhibiting at Fieldays! 11- 14 June 2008. site N1c (opp. the plane)
Noticeboard, Meetings,
Coming Events, School Newsletters
Aria Primary, Mapiu School, PiopioPrimary, PiopioCollege
Current Birdtalk (Pdf), or as a (Word Doc) or in plaintext
Directories
Find out   *how*
to contact   *who*
for   *what* in and near PIOPIO
and Experiencing NZ from Piopio

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Links to sister sites - in-piopio.co.nz, Te Kuiti, Taumarunui

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* "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.