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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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Training, Kaiapoi Volunteer Fire Brigade, date unknown.High Street - ChristchurchDesk belonging to Major General Sir Howard Kippenberger at the Rangiora Museum1938 Northern Agricultural & Pastoral Show, RangioraRangiora Cricket Club c.1926-1927The Ascension of King Charles III is commemorated by an oak treeOld Amberley Police StationBank of New ZealandLast Train Over The GorgeIndex Map of Tawera CountyWalker Street, Kaiapoi, c.1923Northern Agricultural & Pastoral Association Show - working committeeTravel trunk exhibit, Kaiapoi MuseumJohan and Elizabeth Bonisch's wedding photo, 27 January 1879Gordon, Barbara and Owen Stalker c.1920Rangiora Town Hall illuminated for celebrations, c. 1950Transrail Coastal Pacific express arrives at Rangiora Station, 2000Cust Community Centre and Jack Graham ReserveRangiora Festivity Week, Carnival Head Competition winners, c.1966Salvatore (Salvo) Elias-Drago, Sicilian-born Oxford resident fibre artist, 2024Chiming clock, presented to the Northern Agricultural & Pastoral  Association, 1953

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