The P in New Zealand's L&P drink stands for which town?

The P in New Zealand’s L&P drink stands for which town? It stands for Paeroa.

Paeroa is a town in New Zealand’s Waikato region, near the junction of the Ohinemuri and Waihou rivers. Its mineral spring provided the naturally carbonated water that became central to the drink’s early identity, which is why the town appears in the brand name.

The spring’s water was first bottled commercially in the early twentieth century. In 1915, the product was advertised as “Lemon and Paeroa,” and the drink was promoted as mineral water combined with lemon. The abbreviation L&P eventually became the familiar short form.

Paeroa is still closely linked with the brand even though L&P production moved away from the town in 1980 and modern drink production uses artificially made water. A large bottle-shaped monument in Paeroa commemorates the connection. The town’s name is sometimes glossed from Māori as relating to a “long ridge,” though the quiz answer concerns the place name, not the drink’s flavor.