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Canterbury is more than one query

The plains, the peninsula, North Canterbury, and South Canterbury do not collapse into one suburb of Christchurch. Kaikōura, Hanmer, Tekapo, and Akaroa certainly do not. Inside the city, Riccarton, Merivale, Sumner, and the rest are their own pages too.

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Towns and cities in Canterbury

Each page is written for that place. This hub is how they stay linked.

Kaikōura

Kaikōura is the coast town under the mountains where the whales and the crayfish are the reputation.

Kaikōura

Cheviot

Cheviot is a north Canterbury farming town between Amberley and Kaikōura, a rural service stop on the coast road.

Cheviot

Hanmer Springs

Hanmer Springs is the alpine thermal town in the Hanmer basin, a weekend destination for Christchurch and a village that has to work in the off-season too.

Hanmer Springs

Culverden

Culverden is the Amuri farming town on the road toward Hanmer, a dairy and rural service centre on the plains of north Canterbury.

Culverden

Waikari

Waikari is the small Hurunui town in the limestone country inland from Amberley, a farming community on the road toward the Weka Pass.

Waikari

Amberley

Amberley is the north Canterbury town beside the Waipara wine district, the last proper service town before the coast road runs toward Cheviot and Kaikōura.

Amberley

Rangiora

Rangiora is the main town of Waimakariri, north of the Waimakariri River from Christchurch.

Rangiora

Kaiapoi

Kaiapoi is the river town just north of Christchurch, rebuilt after the earthquakes, with a river, a high street, and a community that kept its name.

Kaiapoi

Christchurch

Christchurch is the Canterbury city: the rebuild, the port at Lyttelton, the plains towns to the west and south, and a professional and trades market second only to Auckland.

Christchurch

Lyttelton

Lyttelton is the port town in the crater across the Port Hills from Christchurch: a working port, a tight main street, and a reputation that is not the CBD.

Lyttelton

Akaroa

Akaroa is the harbour town on Banks Peninsula, with a French-settler history, cruise-ship days, and a permanent village at the end of a long drive from Christchurch.

Akaroa

Little River

Little River is the small settlement on the road between Christchurch and Akaroa, a rail-trail stop and a peninsula community before the hill to the harbour.

Little River

Rolleston

Rolleston is the Selwyn growth town south-west of Christchurch, with new subdivisions, an inland port and industrial area, and residents who search the town they just moved to.

Rolleston

Lincoln

Lincoln is the Selwyn town of the university and the research farms, between Christchurch and the lake districts of Ellesmere, with Rolleston as the larger neighbour.

Lincoln

Darfield

Darfield is the Malvern town on the road toward Arthur’s Pass, an inland farming service centre west of Christchurch.

Darfield

Oxford

Oxford is the foothills town north-west of Christchurch, a rural service centre under the hills, distinct from the English city and from Rangiora.

Oxford

Arthur’s Pass

Arthur’s Pass village sits in the Southern Alps on the road between Canterbury and the West Coast.

Arthur’s Pass

Leeston

Leeston is the Ellesmere town south of Christchurch, the service centre for the lake district and the farms between the city and the Rakaia.

Leeston

Rakaia

Rakaia is the mid-Canterbury town on the river of the same name, known to anglers for salmon and to locals as the service stop between Christchurch and Ashburton.

Rakaia

Ashburton

Ashburton is the mid-Canterbury town, a farming service centre on the plains between Christchurch and Timaru, with Methven and the mountain to the west.

Ashburton

Methven

Methven is the town at the foot of Mount Hutt, a farming community for most of the year and a ski town in winter.

Methven

Mount Somers

Mount Somers is the small foothills settlement inland from Ashburton, a walking and farming community under the mountain of the same name.

Mount Somers

Geraldine

Geraldine is the south Canterbury foothills town between Ashburton and Timaru, known for maker shops, a gorge, and a main street that pulls visitors off SH1.

Geraldine

Temuka

Temuka is the town between Timaru and Geraldine, with a pottery reputation and a farming district around a main street that is not the Timaru CBD.

Temuka

Timaru

Timaru is the south Canterbury port city, Caroline Bay on one side and a rural district on the other, the service centre for Temuka, Geraldine, and the road south to Waimate.

Timaru

Pleasant Point

Pleasant Point is the small inland town west of Timaru, with a vintage railway and a farming community on the road toward the Mackenzie.

Pleasant Point

Waimate

Waimate is the south Canterbury town near the Hunter Hills, known for the white horse on the hillside, strawberries, and a farming district between Timaru and Ōamaru.

Waimate

Fairlie

Fairlie is the gateway town to the Mackenzie Country, the last main street before Tekapo, with a rural district of its own.

Fairlie

Tekapo

Tekapo is the Mackenzie lake town: the church, the lupins, the dark-sky reserve, and a visitor economy that has outgrown the permanent village.

Tekapo

Twizel

Twizel is the Mackenzie town built for the Upper Waitaki hydro scheme, now a base for Aoraki, the canals, and a quieter lake trip than Tekapo.

Twizel

Aoraki / Mount Cook

Mount Cook Village is the settlement inside the national park under Aoraki.

Aoraki / Mount Cook

Woodend

Woodend is the North Canterbury town on the old highway, beside Pegasus, with Rangiora inland and Kaiapoi to the south.

Woodend

Pegasus

Pegasus is the planned town on the North Canterbury coast, a lake and new streets beside Woodend, built for people who still explain it as “near Woodend”.

Pegasus

Prebbleton

Prebbleton is the Selwyn town hard against southern Christchurch, between Halswell, Lincoln, and the new housing that filled the gap.

Prebbleton

West Melton

West Melton is the Selwyn settlement west of Christchurch, before Darfield, a village that grew with lifestyle blocks and the road toward the foothills.

West Melton

Waipara

Waipara is the North Canterbury wine valley on the highway north of Amberley, cellar doors in a basin that is not the Hanmer tourist town and not a Christchurch suburb.

Waipara

Governors Bay

Governors Bay is the harbour settlement on the western shore of Lyttelton Harbour, over the hill from Christchurch and along the water from Lyttelton.

Governors Bay

Diamond Harbour

Diamond Harbour is the settlement on the southern shore of Lyttelton Harbour, a ferry ride from the port and a road around the hills toward Akaroa.

Diamond Harbour

Springfield

Springfield is the foothills town on the highway west of Darfield, the last plains service stop before Porters Pass and the climb to Arthur’s Pass.

Springfield

Dunsandel

Dunsandel is the Selwyn town on the main south highway between Rolleston and Rakaia, a farming service town inland from Leeston and the lake.

Dunsandel

Southbridge

Southbridge is the Ellesmere town southwest of Leeston, a farming service town on the flat between the lake and the main highway at Dunsandel.

Southbridge

Kirwee

Kirwee is the Selwyn town on SH73 between Christchurch and Darfield, a plains service stop before the foothills at Springfield.

Kirwee

Duvauchelle

Duvauchelle is the harbour settlement on the road into Akaroa, a wharf and a village on Banks Peninsula before the town at the head of the harbour.

Duvauchelle

Hinds

Hinds is the Mid Canterbury farming town on SH1 between Ashburton and Timaru, a highway service stop on the Hinds River.

Hinds

Waikuku

Waikuku is the beach settlement on the North Canterbury coast between Woodend and Leithfield, a holiday shore north of Pegasus.

Waikuku

Leithfield

Leithfield is the small North Canterbury settlement on SH1 between Amberley and Woodend, with a beach community on the coast beside it.

Leithfield

Ohoka

Ohoka is the rural Waimakariri settlement between Rangiora and Kaiapoi, lifestyle blocks and farms on the plains north of Christchurch.

Ohoka

Sheffield

Sheffield is the Selwyn foothills town on SH73 between Darfield and Springfield, a rural stop on the inland road toward Arthur’s Pass.

Sheffield

Peel Forest

Peel Forest is the foothills settlement inland from Geraldine, a bush reserve and rural community at the edge of the Canterbury plains.

Peel Forest

Tai Tapu

Tai Tapu is the rural town south of Christchurch, between Lincoln and the road over to Little River and Akaroa on Banks Peninsula.

Tai Tapu

Cust

Cust is the inland Waimakariri village between Oxford and Rangiora, a farming stop on the plains north of the river.

Cust

Hawarden

Hawarden is the Hurunui farming town between Waikari and Culverden, inland from Waipara on the road toward Hanmer Springs.

Hawarden

Waiau

Waiau is the inland Hurunui town south of Hanmer Springs, a farming settlement on the road between Culverden and the Lewis Pass.

Waiau

Okains Bay

Okains Bay is the coastal settlement on the north side of Banks Peninsula, over the hills from Akaroa and Duvauchelle.

Okains Bay

Pigeon Bay

Pigeon Bay is the inlet settlement on the north side of Banks Peninsula, between Diamond Harbour and Akaroa, reached from Little River.

Pigeon Bay

St Andrews

St Andrews is the coastal farming settlement south of Timaru, on the road toward Waimate and the Waitaki River.

St Andrews

Glenavy

Glenavy is the farming town on the Waitaki River, between Waimate and Oamaru at the southern edge of Canterbury.

Glenavy

Sefton

Sefton is the rural village between Rangiora and Amberley, a farming stop on the plains north of Kaiapoi and near Leithfield.

Sefton

West Eyreton

West Eyreton is the farming locality between Rangiora and Oxford, on the Waimakariri plains inland from Cust.

West Eyreton

Mayfield

Mayfield is the mid-Canterbury farming town inland from Ashburton, on the plains toward the foothills and Mount Somers.

Mayfield

Canterbury suburbs

Customers type the suburb as well as the city. Each of these pages is written for that name.

Riccarton

Riccarton is Christchurch’s western retail suburb: the mall, Riccarton Road, and the edge of the university at Ilam.

Riccarton

Merivale

Merivale is the northern Christchurch suburb with its own mall and a village street, between Fendalton, St Albans, and Papanui.

Merivale

Fendalton

Fendalton is the established north-west Christchurch suburb beside the university and Hagley Park’s far corner, with Merivale and Riccarton as the retail neighbours.

Fendalton

Sumner

Sumner is Christchurch’s beach suburb at the end of the estuary, under the cliffs, with its own village and a road that continues to the bays.

Sumner

Cashmere

Cashmere is the Port Hills suburb above the southern city, with views, a village, and Halswell and Sydenham on the flat below.

Cashmere

Halswell

Halswell is the south-west Christchurch suburb that grew toward Prebbleton and Hornby, a residential edge with its own shopping centre.

Halswell

Papanui

Papanui is north Christchurch’s commercial suburb, the mall and the junction, with St Albans to the south and Merivale to the west.

Papanui

Ilam

Ilam is the Christchurch suburb of the university, between Riccarton and Fendalton, with a student and research economy as well as houses.

Ilam

Addington

Addington is the inner south-west Christchurch suburb of the racecourse, the station, and a grid of workshops and houses between Riccarton and Sydenham.

Addington

Sydenham

Sydenham is the southern inner suburb along Colombo Street, light industrial in parts, residential in others, between Addington and Cashmere’s flat edge.

Sydenham

New Brighton

New Brighton is Christchurch’s eastern beach suburb, the pier and the mall, across the estuary from the central city and north of the Sumner road.

New Brighton

Hornby

Hornby is the south-west Christchurch industrial and retail suburb at the motorway, with yards, a mall, and Halswell to the south.

Hornby

St Albans

St Albans is the inner north Christchurch suburb of villas and shops, between the CBD, Merivale, and Papanui.

St Albans

Woolston

Woolston is the eastern industrial suburb by the Heathcote, between Sydenham and Ferrymead, with workshops rather than a beach village.

Woolston

Ferrymead

Ferrymead is the retail and heritage park where the road to Sumner leaves the estuary, a commercial suburb rather than a beach.

Ferrymead

Bishopdale

Bishopdale is the north-west Christchurch suburb around its mall, inland of Papanui and away from the Merivale village.

Bishopdale

Belfast

Belfast is the northern Christchurch suburb on the old north road, between the city and Kaiapoi, with industrial land and housing that grew toward the Waimakariri.

Belfast

Linwood

Linwood is the east Christchurch suburb between the city and the avenue out to New Brighton, with its own shops and a grid of houses rather than a beach.

Linwood

Spreydon

Spreydon is the south Christchurch suburb beyond Sydenham, Selwyn Street shops and houses on the way toward Hoon Hay and the hills.

Spreydon

Redcliffs

Redcliffs is the estuary suburb on the road to Sumner, under the red cliffs, a village of its own before the beach at the end of the causeway.

Redcliffs

Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant is the Port Hills suburb above Ferrymead and the estuary, looking over toward Mount Cavendish, with Lyttelton on the other side of the hill.

Mount Pleasant

Burnside

Burnside is the north-west Christchurch suburb beside Bishopdale, toward the airport side of the city, a residential name with its own schools and shops.

Burnside

Avonhead

Avonhead is the west Christchurch suburb toward the airport, between Ilam and the Russley road, residential streets rather than the Riccarton shops.

Avonhead

Wigram

Wigram is the south-west Christchurch suburb of the old air base, now housing and a name that sits between Hornby, Sockburn’s industrial edge, and Halswell.

Wigram

Hoon Hay

Hoon Hay is the south-west Christchurch suburb between Spreydon and the hill suburbs, residential streets running toward Hoon Hay Valley and the Cashmere side.

Hoon Hay

Somerfield

Somerfield is the south Christchurch suburb around Barrington, between Spreydon and the Cashmere hills, with a shopping centre that anchors the neighbourhood.

Somerfield

Beckenham

Beckenham is the south Christchurch suburb along Colombo Street, a local shops strip between Sydenham and the hill suburbs of St Martins and Somerfield.

Beckenham

St Martins

St Martins is the south-east Christchurch suburb on the lower Port Hills, between Beckenham, Opawa, and the Cashmere valley.

St Martins

Opawa

Opawa is the Christchurch suburb along the Heathcote River, between Sydenham and Woolston, with the hills of St Martins rising on its south side.

Opawa

Shirley

Shirley is the north-east Christchurch suburb between St Albans and Burwood, a residential grid with its own shops on the way toward New Brighton.

Shirley

Burwood

Burwood is the eastern Christchurch suburb between Shirley and New Brighton, home of the old QEII grounds and streets that run out to the dune suburbs.

Burwood

Bryndwr

Bryndwr is the north-west Christchurch suburb between Fendalton and Papanui, established streets north of the university edge.

Bryndwr

Sockburn

Sockburn is the south-west Christchurch industrial suburb between Riccarton, Hornby, and Wigram, workshops and yards along the main road to the west.

Sockburn

Heathcote Valley

Heathcote Valley is the Christchurch suburb at the city mouth of the Lyttelton road tunnel, between Ferrymead and the Port Hills.

Heathcote Valley

Redwood

Redwood is the northern Christchurch suburb on the Main North Road, between Papanui and Belfast, with its own shops before the city gives way to Kaiapoi.

Redwood

Mairehau

Mairehau is the northeast Christchurch suburb between Shirley and Burwood, housing along Mairehau Road before the suburbs reach the coast at Parklands.

Mairehau

Parklands

Parklands is the northeast Christchurch suburb beside Bottle Lake Forest, north of New Brighton and inland from the coast on the way out of Burwood.

Parklands

Aranui

Aranui is the east Christchurch suburb west of New Brighton, between the Pages Road corridor and the coast, with its own shops rather than a beach.

Aranui

Bromley

Bromley is the southeast Christchurch suburb between Linwood and the estuary, industrial land and housing on the road out toward Ferrymead.

Bromley

Hillmorton

Hillmorton is the southwest Christchurch suburb between Hoon Hay and Halswell, known for the hospital and the housing on the way toward the Selwyn towns.

Hillmorton

Templeton

Templeton is the settlement on the main south road past Hornby, the last Christchurch stop before the highway runs out to Rolleston and the Selwyn plains.

Templeton

Yaldhurst

Yaldhurst is the western Christchurch locality on the road toward the mountains, rural-residential blocks beside the airport approach and short of Darfield.

Yaldhurst

Casebrook

Casebrook is the northwest Christchurch suburb between Bishopdale and Belfast, housing on the side of the city before the northern industrial edge.

Casebrook

Russley

Russley is the western Christchurch suburb along Memorial Avenue, between Burnside and the airport, on the road that continues out to Yaldhurst.

Russley

Prestons

Prestons is the newer northeast Christchurch suburb north of Burwood, inland from Parklands and east of the Marshland Road settlements.

Prestons

Marshland

Marshland is the northern Christchurch locality along Marshland Road, lifestyle blocks and housing between Belfast, Redwood, and the new suburb at Prestons.

Marshland

Waltham

Waltham is the inner Christchurch suburb between Sydenham and Linwood, workshops and houses on the south-east side of the city centre.

Waltham

Barrington

Barrington is the south Christchurch shopping suburb between Spreydon and Cashmere, the mall and the streets on the way toward the hills.

Barrington

Huntsbury

Huntsbury is the hill suburb above Cashmere and St Martins, houses on the rise looking over south Christchurch toward the plains.

Huntsbury

Aidanfield

Aidanfield is the southwest Christchurch suburb between Halswell and Wigram, newer housing on the city side of the road out toward Prebbleton.

Aidanfield

Harewood

Harewood is the northwest Christchurch suburb around the airport, housing and airport businesses on the side of the city toward Belfast and the Waimakariri.

Harewood

Strowan

Strowan is the northwest Christchurch suburb between Fendalton, Merivale, and Papanui, houses on the streets north of the older garden suburbs.

Strowan

Westmorland

Westmorland is the hill suburb above Halswell on the Cashmere side of Christchurch, housing on the slopes looking over the southwest of the city.

Westmorland

Hei Hei

Hei Hei is the west Christchurch suburb beside Hornby, housing on the side of the city toward Yaldhurst and the airport industrial land.

Hei Hei

Islington

Islington is the industrial suburb in west Christchurch beside Hornby, workshops and yards on the railway side of the city.

Islington

Middleton

Middleton is the Christchurch suburb between Riccarton and Sockburn, housing and local shops on the western arterial.

Middleton

Phillipstown

Phillipstown is the inner-east Christchurch suburb between the central city and Linwood, cottages and light industry on the flat east of the square.

Phillipstown

Avonside

Avonside is the east Christchurch suburb along the Avon River, between the inner city and the eastern suburbs of Dallington and Burwood.

Avonside

Dallington

Dallington is the east Christchurch suburb in the loop of the Avon, between Avonside and the suburbs closer to New Brighton.

Dallington

Wainoni

Wainoni is the east Christchurch suburb between Aranui and Avonside, housing on the flat on the way to New Brighton.

Wainoni

Southshore

Southshore is the suburb at the south end of the New Brighton spit, houses between the estuary and the open coast south of the pier.

Southshore

Queenspark

Queenspark is the northeast Christchurch suburb beyond Parklands, housing on the north-eastern edge of the city toward Bottle Lake.

Queenspark

Edgeware

Edgeware is the shopping village in St Albans, a short retail street in the north-inner suburbs of Christchurch.

Edgeware

Tinwald

Tinwald is the town on the south bank of the Ashburton River, the residential and rural side of Ashburton across the bridge from the main centre.

Tinwald

Northwood

Northwood is the north Christchurch suburb beyond Redwood, newer housing on the side of the city toward Belfast.

Northwood

South Brighton

South Brighton is the dune suburb south of New Brighton, housing on the spit between the estuary and the sea, north of Southshore.

South Brighton

Allenton

Allenton is the northern suburb of Ashburton, housing on the side of town toward the Ashburton River bridge and the road to Methven.

Allenton

Washdyke

Washdyke is the industrial suburb north of Timaru, workshops and housing on the way out of town toward Temuka and Pleasant Point.

Washdyke

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Frequently asked questions

Do Selwyn and Waimakariri count as Christchurch?

Commuters might. Searchers still type Rolleston, Lincoln, Rangiora, and Kaiapoi. Those pages sit with the city under this hub.

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