Tapanui is a small town in West Otago in New Zealand's South Island, close to the boundary with Southland region.

This line was formally opened in late 1880 and closed after being damaged by severe flooding in the region in October 1978.

In 2015, Tapanui was a filming location for the Disney production Pete's Dragon, with the main street and old timber mill serving as their equivalents in the fictional town of Millhaven.

The doctor who first documented the rise of the condition in New Zealand, Peter Snow, was based in the town.

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