Tai Tapu

Tai Tapu, previously known as Taitapu, is a small town adjacent to the Halswell River and nestled in the Port Hills, located 6 km east of the town of Lincoln and 18 km south west of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Village with 540 residents
Description: locality in Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Also known as: “Taitapu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Otahuna.

Otahuna

Hotel

Photo: Ralph Bestic, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Otahuna Lodge is the former homestead of the lawyer, runholder, stock breeder, politician, horticulturist, philatelist and philanthropist Sir Heaton Rhodes. Otahuna is situated 2½ km east of Tai Tapu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ladbrooks and Lincoln.

Ladbrooks

Hamlet

Ladbrooks is a locality in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is named after William and Eliza Ladbrook, who moved to the area in 1842 on the boat the Birman. Ladbrooks Hall, built in 1913, was substantially extended in the 1960s. Ladbrooks is situated 5 km north of Tai Tapu.

Lincoln

Town

Photo: DerekSmalls, Public domain.

Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometres southwest of Christchurch. Lincoln is situated 6 km northwest of Tai Tapu.