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Waimakariri Gorge Bridge

Waimakariri Gorge Bridge

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Place: Waimakariri Gorge Date: 2008
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Snow storm Oxford, 1918

Snow storm Oxford, 1918

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 2008
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Snow storm 1918 Oxford

Snow storm 1918 Oxford

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 2008
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Snow storm High Street. Oxford, 1918

Snow storm High Street. Oxford, 1918

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 1918
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The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 2008
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The East Oxford Creamery, c1910

The East Oxford Creamery, c1910

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 2008
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Weeber's Store - Oxford

Weeber's Store - Oxford

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 2008
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Horses at work - Harewood Forest

Horses at work - Harewood Forest

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 2008
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Perham's Sawmill

Perham's Sawmill

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 2008
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Oxford Saleyards

Oxford Saleyards

Item Type: ImageCreator: Oxford Museum Place: Oxford Date: 2008
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The Ascension of King Charles III is commemorated by an oak tree

The Ascension of King Charles III is commemorated by an oak tree

Item Type: ImageCreator: Photographer - Sally O'Connell Place: Rangiora Place: Victoria Park Date: 6 December 2022
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Muscle Car Madness

Muscle Car Madness

Item Type: Stories
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North Canterbury Flood of 1902

North Canterbury Flood of 1902

Item Type: Stories
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Canterbury Earthquakes 2010 & 2011

Canterbury Earthquakes 2010 & 2011

Item Type: EventDescription: A 7.1 magnitude Canterbury Earthquake struck at 4.35am on Saturday 4 September. Liquefaction and earth movement caused significant damage and a number of historic buildings and structures were ba... Event: Canterbury Earthquakes 2010 & 2011
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Flooding August 2000

Flooding August 2000

Item Type: EventDescription: In August 2000 a southerly storm and considerable rainfall hit Canterbury. The result was significant flooding in some areas of Waimakariri and was described in "The Press" (p. 23, 21 August 2000... Date: August 2000
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"Passchendaele 1917 Remembered" Exhibition

"Passchendaele 1917 Remembered" Exhibition

Item Type: EventDescription: This topic describes the inaugural exhibition of 23 contemporary Belgian prints, etchings and lithographs at the Chamber Gallery, Trevor Inch Memorial Library, Rangiora.

"The works were gift... Date: 1917 Place: Chamber Gallery Event: "Passchendaele 1917 Remembered" Exhibition Geolocation: [1] Organisation: Waimakariri Arts Collection Trust Collection: Chamber Gallery
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St David's Presbyterian Church

St David's Presbyterian Church

Item Type: PlaceDescription: The Presbyterians of Oxford and Cust met to consider a separate charge in 1873, but it was not until 1877 that they obtained a minister, Rev. Neil McCullum. The Cust section of the parish first m... Place: Cust Keywords: Cust Geolocation: [2] Collection: Churches External Link: Oxford District Union Church <https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/about/contact/directory/parish/9683>
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Lambert Building

Lambert Building

Item Type: PlaceDescription: The Lambert Building at 172-180 High Street, Rangiora, was known for most of its life as the Allison Building.
In 1865 the Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board built an office on the site. There w... Keywords: Rangiora Geolocation: [3] Collection: Commercial and Public buildings
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Te Waitai Sefton School

Te Waitai Sefton School

Item Type: PlaceDescription: 603 Upper Sefton Road, Sefton.
In 1883, a report by the Canterbury Education Board recorded the formation of the new district of Sefton, and on 18 December that year, two acres of land were pur... Place: Te Waitai Sefton School Date: January 2024 Keywords: Te Waitai Sefton School Geolocation: [4] Collection: Schools of the Waimakariri External Link: Te Waitai Sefton School <https://sefton.school.nz/>
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Fernside School

Fernside School

Item Type: PlaceDescription: 285 O'Roarkes Road, Fernside.
The first Fernside school was a schoolroom built of sun-dried bricks which were then plastered and whitewashed. It was opened in 1866 with a roll of 44, the first h... Place: Fernside School Keywords: Fernside Geolocation: [5] Collection: Schools of the Waimakariri External Link: Fernside School <http://www.fernside.school.nz/>
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Southbrook School

Southbrook School

Item Type: PlaceDescription: 26 Marshall Street, Rangiora
Initially the children of Southbrook were expected to attend school in Rangiora but because of the distance they had to travel a lot of children were staying away fr... Place: Southbrook School Date: January 2024 Keywords: Southbrook School Geolocation: [6] Collection: Schools of the Waimakariri External Link: Southbrook School <https://www.southbrook.school.nz/>
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Saltwater Creek (Northport) School

Saltwater Creek (Northport) School

Item Type: PlaceDescription: This extract from "Beyond the Waimakariri" by D. N. Hawkins describes the beginnings of the school at Saltwater Creek.
"Early in 1864 the settlers bought a section (probably Dampier's school re... Place: Saltwater Creek (Northport) School Keywords: Saltwater Creek Collection: Schools of the Waimakariri
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Waikuku School

Waikuku School

Item Type: PlaceDescription: 1445 Main North Road, Waikuku.
Opened in 1873, with a roll of 34. The first teacher was William Cox. This was one of the first interdenominational government schools in Canterbury.
Roll in 2010... Place: Waikuku School Keywords: Waikuku Geolocation: [7] Collection: Schools of the Waimakariri Further Information: Pegasus Bay School <http://www.pegasusbay.school.nz/about-our-school>
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Te Waipounamu College

Te Waipounamu College

Item Type: PlaceDescription: 532 Mill Road, Ohoka
Built in 1879 as the vicarage for St Albans Church, the home was converted in 1909 to become the Te Waipounamu Maori Girls College, the first residential school for young Ma... Keywords: Ohoka Collection: Schools of the Waimakariri
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