Glenpark, New Zealand

Glenpark is a lightly populated rural locality in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is northwest of Palmerston and is on the banks of the Shag River. To the west is the locality of Stoneburn. Economic activity in and around Glenpark is agricultural, including New Zealand's largest free range chicken farm. Glenpark is located between Palmerston and Inch Valley on the route of State Highway 85. For 104 years, a branch line railway that diverged from the Main South Line in Palmerston passed through Glenpark. This railway originally ran to Dunback with a later sub-branch to Makareao and was thus collectively known as the Dunback and Makareao Branches. It opened through Glenpark on 29 August 1885; the station was 7.23 km...