Kaiapoi

Kaiapoi is a town just north of on the east coast of the South Island of . It lies 17 km from central Christchurch, and north of the Waimakariri River. The town is a separate community, but also a commuter suburb of its city neighbour.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kaiapoi Memorial Reserve and Kaiapoi High School.

Park
is a park.

School
is a state co-educational secondary school located in Kaiapoi, in the of New Zealand's South Island. The school serves 1040 students from Years 9 to 13 as of July 2025.

River
The / Ruataniwha is a small river in Canterbury in the of New Zealand. It is a tributary of the , itself a tributary of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clarkville and Kainga.

Hamlet
is a small rural town in the , New Zealand. As of June 2024, had a population of 1,550.

Village
is a settlement on the southern bank of the , just north of , in Canterbury, New Zealand. It lies immediately to the south of Kaiapoi, on a small road leading northeast from State Highway 1.

Hamlet
is a small rural community in between the towns of and Kaiapoi in the , New Zealand. is situated 4 km northwest of Kaiapoi.

Kaiapoi

Latitude
-43.3832° or 43° 22′ 59″ south
Longitude
172.6522° or 172° 39′ 8″ east
Population
13,100
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NZ KAP
Open location code
4V8JJM82+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 176015564
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6220587
Wiki­data ID
Q1013339
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kaiapoi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كايابوي
  • Armenian: Կաիապոի
  • Asturian: Kaiapoi
  • Bulgarian: Каиапои
  • Catalan: Kaiapoi
  • Cebuano: Kaiapoi
  • Chinese: 凯阿波伊
  • Dutch: Kaiapoi
  • Egyptian Arabic: كايابوى
  • Finnish: Kaiapoi
  • French: Kaiapoi
  • Georgian: კაიაპოი
  • German: Kaiapoi
  • Italian: Kaiapoi
  • Japanese: カイアポイ
  • Malay: Kaiapoi
  • Polish: Kaiapoi
  • Portuguese: Kaiapoi
  • Russian: Каиапои
  • Spanish: Kaiapoi
  • Swedish: Kaiapoi
  • Turkish: Kaiapoi
  • Urdu: کیاپوئی

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kaiapoi”. Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.