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Southern Star Abbey

Takapau, New Zealand · built 1954

The Southern Star Abbey, (Our Lady of the Southern Star Abbey (Kopua) or Kopua Monastery) is a Cistercian monastery located in a remote, rural area of the North Island, New Zealand in the Diocese of Palmerston North. The monastery supports itself by operating a dairy farm. It is located at Kopua, between Takapau and Norsewood.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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