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High Street circa 1910s. Unofficially the High Street of Rangiora stretching from the Rangiora Town Hall at King Street up to Ashley Street is a 'heritage precinct' due to the presence of many historic buildings. Among them are the former Junction Hotel (1880), the Post Office (1936), the Farmers building (1919) and the Johnston Building (1896).
The district was established on 1 April 1989 following the merger of Rangiora District and Eyre County. The district covers 2,217.12 square kilometres (856.03 sq mi), and is home to 69,600 people. [2] Rangiora is the district seat and largest town, with other major towns including Kaiapoi, Oxford, Pegasus and Woodend.
The first contest saw Rangiora's Jim Gerard easily defeated by former Prime Minister and MP for Christchurch North, Mike Moore. He left the office in July 1999, having been elected Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Clayton Cosgrove won the second contest in 1999 and was confirmed in 2002, 2005 and 2008. [2]
English: View looking east along High Street, Rangiora, with the post office and clock tower on the right and the premises of J B Cresswell (surgeon dentist), centre right. Photograph taken by William A Price circa 1910s. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom centre: High Street (Looking east). Rangiora. No. 3373.
Rangiora is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate, based on the town of Rangiora. [1] Population centres. The electorate is based on the town of Rangiora ...
Woodend is 6.6 kilometres north of Kaiapoi and 6.3 kilometres to the east of Rangiora. Woodend is within walking distance of the town of Pegasus. The town has a population of 5,140 (June 2024). [2] It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of central Christchurch, and is part of the city's metropolitan area. [4] Woodend is located near Woodend Beach.
Fernside Anglican church. Before the 2023 census, the statistical area had a larger boundary, covering 41.48 km 2 (16.02 sq mi). [1] Using that boundary, Fernside had a population of 1,326 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 102 people (8.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 390 people (41.7%) since the 2006 census.
The land on which Tuahiwi was founded was originally the site of a pā [4] of the Ngāi Tūahuriri hapū of Ngāi Tahu.With European settlement, the site was reserved for Māori in 1848 by Walter Mantell following the signing of Kemp's Deed. [5]