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The last train to Horrelville Station, c. 1954Drilling maize for cattle feed 150th anniversary celebrations, Kaiapoi Volunteer Fire Brigade, c.2020Kaiapoi War Memorial, Anzac Day, c.1931A group at Kairaki Beach, Christmas 1923Safe Community mural  Police & fire Service - Kaiapoi LibraryComon Inn, View Hill

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Welcome to Waimakariri Heritage, a place to conserve and curate community memories and taonga.

The vision is for our local community to share knowledge and to tell their stories about life in Waimakariri.

 

Waimakariri Libraries will continue to digitise archival assets for preservation and community access.

North Canterbury has a unique history and the site will enhance connections to our past, present and future.

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Florence (unknown) and Mina Beattie at Rangiora Town Hall, c.1926Vessel on the Kaiapoi River, KaiapoiA busy port, Kaiapoi, 1962 The Farmers - RangioraPresbyterian Sunday School PicnicRussell Henson, Rangiora High School (RHS) teacher who retired from teaching at the end of 2024 after 50 years in the job, 2024Sefton Dairy Factory Truck Cust Mounted Rifles, Oxford Show, c.1914'My Book Bag' service during the COVID-19 Pandemic is captured by the news, c. May 2020Blacksmith and Wheelright shop, West Eyreton c. 1900High Street, RangioraHigh Street - ChristchurchHigh Street, Rangiora, looking west, c.1981Cust Post Office, Cust Road, CustMayor Hills opening the new Kaiapoi Pool,  25 September 1971Pemberton RoadLibrarian Nicki Chaston at work in the old Rangiora Public Library, c. November 1990Staff dressed up for Samoan Language Week at the Trevor Inch Memorial Library, c. 2021"Ranginui" and "Toa" at the wharf, with the "Tuhoe" arriving, 1962Genevieve Sinnott, Fernside garden lover, 2025Kaiapoi Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1990

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