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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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Flooding in Fuller Street, Kaiapoi, c.1923Donna McMillan at Family Night at the Rangiora Library, April 2015Kaiapoi Railway StationHoward Karl Kippenberger, Rangiora Borough Councillor 1927-1935The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, OxfordHunnibell's building housing Nomnom Kitchen restaurant, High Street, Rangiora 2024Official opening of temporary shops - High Street, RangioraHansens Mall March 2012 - KaiapoiJourney 2Vanessa Croft, Australian-born historical fiction writer of "Where In All The World", who is now proud to call Waimakariri home, 2025Kaiapoi RiverbankKindnessBack of Hansens MallThe Ascension of King Charles III is commemorated by an oak treeWest Oxford Station in the snow, Oxford, c.1918Lockdown Preparation87 Church Street -  RangioraFarmers Department Store - RangioraTraction engine and threshing millBuskers entertain, High Street RangioraNew Sefton School and Rink Hall

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