The Air Force Museum of New Zealand, formerly called The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum, is located at Wigram, the RNZAF's first operational base, in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. Air Force Museum is situated 4 km north of Flaxes.

Halswell Quarry Park

Quarry

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Halswell Quarry operated between 1861 and 1990 before becoming the 60.4 hectares Halswell Quarry Park, one of many Christchurch City Council reserves. It offers a combination of walking and mountain biking tracks, historic sites, picnic areas, botanical collections, and six sister city gardens. Halswell Quarry Park is situated 3 km southeast of Flaxes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oaklands and Halswell.

Oaklands

Quarter

Oaklands is a southern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The area is predominantly residential. When Halswell House was purchased by Peter Watson, he renamed it Oaklands after the trees lining the driveway.

Halswell

Suburb

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Originally a separate village, Halswell is now a residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 9 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75.

Prebbleton

Town

Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.

Prebbleton is a small town in the Selwyn District in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It is 11 km southwest of the centre of Christchurch and about 2 km south of the outlying industrial suburb of Hornby. Prebbleton is situated 2½ km west of Flaxes.

Flaxes

Type: Garden
Category: recreation area
Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.58247° or 43° 34′ 57″ south

Longitude

172.54729° or 172° 32′ 50″ east

Open location code

4V8JCG9W+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 791998798

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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