Panorama of the view from the summit of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin. Mosgiel is on the far left.

Mosgiel, New Zealand

Mosgiel (population 9,500) is a suburb of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, located 15 kilometres southwest of the city centre. It has been a suburb since local council reorganisation in the late 1980s, although occasionally it is referred to as a separate town. It stands at the northeastern extremity of the Taieri Plains, and the Silver Stream, a tributary of the Taieri River, runs through the north end of the suburb. Mosgiel takes its name after Mossgiel in Ayrshire, the farm of poet Robert Burns, who was the uncle of the co-founder of the Otago settlement, Thomas Burns. Download high resolution version (15640x1584, 5332 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (15640x1584, 5332 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links MosgielNZ.jpg Mosgiel, New Zealand (photo by James Dignan, March 2005) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links MosgielNZ.jpg Mosgiel, New Zealand (photo by James Dignan, March 2005) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ... Otago  pronunciation? is one of the regions of New Zealand and lies in the south-east of the South Island. ... The Taieri Plains are an area of fertile agricultural land to the southwest of Dunedin, in Otago, New Zealand. ... The Silver Stream is a small stream flowing alongside the town of Mosgiel. ... The Taieri River is the fourth longest river in New Zealand, and is located in Otago in the countrys South Island. ... Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is a traditional county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ... Robert Burns, preeminent Scottish poet Burns redirects here. ... Otago  pronunciation? is one of the regions of New Zealand and lies in the south-east of the South Island. ...

Mosgiel is separated from the city centre by rugged hills which form part of the crater wall of a long-extinct volcano. The SH1 motorway upgraded in 2003 links Mosgiel to the city centre, 15 kilometres to the northeast. The New Zealand State Highway network is a network of roads covering the North and South Islands. ... Motorway mark in Europe A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The economy was until recent years based on the production of wool products. It is an important service centre for the farming community on the Taieri Plains, and is home to one of the country's largest agricultural research institutes, Invermay. Image File history File links NZ-Mosgiel. ... Image File history File links NZ-Mosgiel. ...