   fairlie is a mackenzie district town located in the canterbury region of the south island of new zealand. it is a service town 48 kilometres from lake tekapo whose main economic function is to provide goods for the agricultural area that surrounds it. its population as of the 2013 census was 693. from 1884 to 1968, the town was served by the fairlie branch railway, though until 1934, this branch line actually
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