New Zealand, being settled somewhat later than other parts colonial, seems to have inherited an even balance of English, American and assorted European geographic terms. As a geological microcosm of the world, we have cols and traverses, forks and springs, divides and moraines, passes and gaps, cwms and cirques, ridges and ledges, geysers and hot pools, streams, creeks, rivers, gullies, gorges, valleys ad infinitum. You name it, we got it. Except for ... neck! Don't think I've ever come across a placename that included "Neck". Maxie may know of one, however. And over to our host for the End of All Days ....


The idiot also known as Capfka ...