Waimakariri River Regional Park
Waimakariri River Regional Park is a regional park in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It covers 15,000 hectares on the banks of the Waimakariri River, and is operated by Environment Canterbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Orana Wildlife Park.
Orana Wildlife Park
Zoo
Photo: Greg Hewgill, CC BY 2.0.
Orana Wildlife Park is New Zealand's only open-range zoo, sitting on 80 hectares of land, located on the outskirts of Christchurch. It opened in 1976, and is owned and operated by the Orana Wildlife Trust, a registered charity. Orana Wildlife Park is situated 1¼ km southwest of Waimakariri River Regional Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McLeans Island and Yaldhurst.
McLeans Island
Locality
McLeans Island is a rural area north and northwest of Christchurch city, and south of Waimakariri River. The area was an island in the Waimakariri River until the 1930s, when flood control measures and Great Depression work schemes blocked the south branch of the river which separated the island from the south bank.
Yaldhurst
Suburb
Yaldhurst is a semi-rural suburb on the western outskirts of Christchurch city. Frederick William Delamain, a settler and horse breeder, named a horse Yaldhurst after some stables in England. Yaldhurst is situated 7 km southeast of Waimakariri River Regional Park.
Harewood
Suburb
Photo: Mattarnold1, CC0.
Harewood is a northwestern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is split by State Highway 1, with the bulk of Harewood's residential areas to the east of the highway and its industrial areas to the west. Harewood is situated 7 km east of Waimakariri River Regional Park.
Waimakariri River Regional Park
- Type: Park
- Description: Regional park in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Categories: regional park and recreation area
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.45763° or 43° 27′ 28″ southLongitude
172.47219° or 172° 28′ 20″ eastOpen location code
4V8JGFRC+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 26560449OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q110128445
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