New Borough is a residential suburb on the north boundary of the borough of Oamaru, and is built on both sides of the main road. It is in the Papakaio riding of the Waitaki county, and at the census of 1901 had a population of ninety-eight. There is a post office in the district, and the Waitaki Boys' High School is situated in the locality.

Robinson, Thomas William , Commercial Traveller, “Hazelbrae,” Newborough. Mr. Robinson was born in Cumberland, England, in 1851, and was educted partly in his native county and partly at St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. He was brought up in the Old Country to the soft goods business, and came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Invercargill” in 1874. After his arrival in Dunedin he entered the service of Messrs Butterworth Brothers, with whom he remained for fourteen years and a half; since then he has been in the employment of Messrs Sargood, Son and Ewen. In 1895 Mr. Robinson visited England, and on his return, settled at “Hazelbrae,” Newborough. As a Freemason, he is attached to Lodge Waitaki, New Zealand Consitution. Mr. Robinson was married, in 1884, to a daughter of the late Mr. J. C. Taylor, of Invercargill, and has three daughters.