Canterbury, New Zealand
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The plains. The alps. A city that rebuilt itself in public.
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About Canterbury
Canterbury is the largest region in the South Island: the plains, the alps behind them, and Christchurch — a city that rebuilt much of its centre in public after 2011. It runs from Kaikōura down to the Waitaki, and it grows a large share of the grain, seed and lamb in the country.
Who a listing on Canterbury reaches
Canterbury is the South Island's biggest market. Christchurch builders and architects, agritech and farm services on the plains, ski fields and high-country tourism, and the aerospace and tech firms of the rebuilt city all sell to readers across the region.
- Main centres
- Christchurch, Timaru, Ashburton, Rangiora, Kaikōura
- Council
- Environment Canterbury, Christchurch
- People
- 651,027 (2023 Census)
On the chart
Arthur's PassNational park
Arthur’s Pass National Park: the alpine crossing between Canterbury and the West Coast, a park since 1929.
The TranzAlpine train and State Highway 73 both cross the pass, at 920 m.
Aoraki / Mt CookNational park
Aoraki / Mount Cook, 3,724 m. The highest mountain in the country.
Lost ten metres of its summit in a 1991 rock avalanche. Hillary trained on it before Everest.
PūkakiLake
Lake Pūkaki: turquoise with glacial rock flour, looking straight up the valley to Aoraki.
The blue comes from glacial flour so fine it never settles. The water feeds the Waitaki hydro chain.
TekapoLake
Lake Tekapo: glacial blue under a dark-sky reserve; the Church of the Good Shepherd stands on its shore.
The Mackenzie Basin around it is one of the largest dark-sky reserves in the world.
BenmoreLake
Lake Benmore: the largest artificial lake, behind the biggest earth dam in the country.
The dam was finished in 1965. The lake is known for its salmon.
ŌhauLake
Lake Ōhau: glacial, part of the Waitaki hydro chain.
Feeds Lake Benmore by canal; the Ōhau ski field looks down on it.
ColeridgeLake
Lake Coleridge: powered the country’s first state hydro station, in 1914.
Still generates power today; its water goes on to the Rakaia.
Te WaihoraLake
Te Waihora / Lake Ellesmere: a wide coastal lagoon, opened to the sea by machine to manage its level.
A mahinga kai of Ngāi Tahu, rich in eels and flounder. Brackish, opened to the sea by bulldozer.
Banks PeninsulaLandmark
Banks Peninsula: two eroded volcanoes. Akaroa began as a French settlement in 1840.
Cook took it for an island. Hector’s dolphins live in the harbour at Akaroa.
KaikōuraLandmark
Kaikōura: whales feed in a canyon that drops 1,000 m within sight of the shore. The 2016 quake lifted the coast.
The quake raised parts of the seabed by six metres and closed the coast road for a year.
Pegasus CanyonOn the water
Pegasus Canyon: a submarine canyon cutting the shelf off Banks Peninsula.
It funnels nutrient-rich water up onto the shelf; fishing follows it.
ChristchurchCity
Christchurch / Ōtautahi: the South Island's city, rebuilt after the 2011 earthquake.
The Avon runs through the Botanic Gardens; the cardboard cathedral still stands.