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Disc Golf in Levin, New Zealand

Levin, New Zealand

On the shores of the Tasman Sea. Breathe it in!

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Welcome to Taitoko

Levin is a town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand, and is the largest town in the Horowhenua district. It is on State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk railway, 90 kilometres north of New Zealand's capital Wellington, 50 kilometres south of Palmerston North, and two kilometres to the east of Lake Horowhenua.

The town was named after William Hort Levin, a director of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company and probably part time disc golfer (is anyone reading this? - ed). The name is a variation of the Jewish clan Levi. It is a shibboleth – unlike the usual pronunciation of the surname, stress is placed on the second syllable of the word. The name thus rhymes with the word 'begin'. The town's Maori name is Taitoko.

The Levin Disc Golfers are some of the most dedicated in the country and for the last couple of years have had many players trooping all over the country competing on the National Tour. They once had a wonderful coastal course that got a work out 4 or 5 times a week but that has been lost to housing developments.

Sadly however the core group of Levin Disc Golfers have spread their wings and there is little organised disc golf to be found in Levin now. If that changes we'll update this page. If you know of disc golf happening in the Levin area and would like to spread the word, let us know by visiting our contact page.

Below are a couple of pics of the course the locals used to play at el Rancho...


The self-built target baskets feature hole numbers on the top and have a character of their own.


Have you seen the tree of shoes?

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The locals have designed a few tough holes to hone their skills for the NZ Tour.

A course close to home...

The locals have fond (or not) memories of the 6th on their old local course.