Rangiora
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Understand
Rangiora had a population of 15,000 (in 2013). The urban population has grown by over 10% in the last five years, while the rural population has increased more than 25%.
Rangiora suffered damage in the 2010–11 Canterbury earthquakes and a few parts still remain to be fixed.
Rangiora has seen exponential growth since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, which pushed a lot more people out to Rangiora. It is very popular with people migrating from the UK.
The highest official temperature ever recorded in New Zealand was 42.4°C (108.3°F) at Rangiora on 7 February 1973. It is usually 1 degree hotter than in Christchurch.
Rangiora suffered damage in the 2010–11 Canterbury earthquakes and a few parts still remain to be fixed.
Rangiora has seen exponential growth since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, which pushed a lot more people out to Rangiora. It is very popular with people migrating from the UK.
The highest official temperature ever recorded in New Zealand was 42.4°C (108.3°F) at Rangiora on 7 February 1973. It is usually 1 degree hotter than in Christchurch.
Get in
By bus
Metro provides a public bus service from Christchurch on its Blue Line.By train
Coastal Pacific (formerly TranzCoastal), +64 4 495 0775 (email bookings@kiwirailscenic.co.nz, fax +64 4 472 8903, Freephone 0800 TRAINS (0800 872 467) (NZ only)). Train service operates daily from October through April between Christchurch and Picton via Blenheim and Kaikoura.
See
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address: Spark LaneExtensive collection of colonial exhibits including the country's largest collection of old bricks.
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Rangiora Museum
phone: +64 3 310 7356address: 29 Good St, WaimakaririMuseum of town history including rooms from 1900, housed in a building that used to be the top floor of a bank before it was moved to the site. St John the Baptist ChurchWooden church built in 1859.
Do
Ashley Rakahuri Regional ParkCovers the Ashley River/Rakahuri area from the estuary up to the confluence with the Okuku River. Go fishing, swimming, gamebird hunting, walking, cycling and picnicking. Can be accessed from the northern end of town and other places.
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address: 47 Church StIndoor swimming pools.
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Dudley Park Skate Park
address: Church St -
Mitre 10 mega Gymnastics facility
address: East Belt
Eat
Three supermarkets. New World is popular with the older folks. Countdown is new.
A selection of restaurants of high quality, few dairies and fish n' chip shops, McDonalds and KFC with a splash of bakery.
Lots of rural houses sell their own foods, fruits, milk, produce, flowers, spices, wine, drink, and luxuries on their roadside counters.
Sleep
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phone: +64 3 3136142address: 60 Percival St