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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Aparima
Aparima , as a name, is not confined solely to one place. It is borne by a riding in the county of Wallace. At the census of 1901, the riding had a population of 1,211; it includes the settlements between Waimatuku and Wild Bush, and extends to Groper's Bush, Gummies Bush, Fairfax and Lumsden Plains. It does not, however, include the prosperous settlement of Aparima, which is in the Wairio riding of the county of Southland, and in the electoral district of Wallace. There is also a river named the Aparima, which takes its rise below the Aparima and Spence peaks of the Takitimo mountains, commonly called the Takitimos. These two peaks rise respectively to heights of 5,200 feet and 5,382 feet, and the river passes the settlements of Nightcaps, Otautau, and Thornbury, and empties itself into the sea at Howell's roads, Riverton. Aparima, as a farming district, is remarkably well watered by the Opio, Waicola and Wairio streams. The settlement extends from the western bank of the Aparima river to and beyond the railway line from Otautau to Nightcaps. Its northern boundary is the line of hundred which separates it from Wairio, and the district extends southward for some five or six miles, and adjoins Scott's Gap on the west. There is a flag railway station known as Aparima, which is twenty-nine miles from Invercargill, and stands at an elevation of 169 feet above the level of the sea. The Aparima post office is eight miles from Otautau, and five miles from Wairio. It dates from 1898; two mails are received, and despatched, weekly, and the postal business is conducted at the local store. A public school and a Methodist church are the only public buildings in the district. Aparima is a rich agricultural and dairy-farming district, and much of the land has long been in a good state of cultivation.
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The Church, Aparima.