Wimbledon, New Zealand

Wimbledon is a farming locality in the Tararua District, New Zealand.

The Waikopiro Stream runs into the Wainui River at Wimbledon.

[1][2] Wimbledon has a war memorial,[3] a few farms and a tavern A heritage listed building built in 1886.

[5] The locality was named after Wimbledon in England during the 1880s after a local resident shot a bullock while standing a considerable distance away.

It was considered by onlookers to be a shot worthy of the rifle-shooting championships held in Wimbledon at the time.