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Rakaia and Aoraki were renamed Selwyn and Rangitata respectively while the Banks Peninsula was reconstituted as the Port Hills.
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Rakaia and were
The alluvial gravels were then reworked as shingle fans of several of the larger rivers, notably the Waimakariri, the Rakaia, the Selwyn, and the Rangitata.
There were many other schools in the Ellesmere area, including Doyleston School, Irwell School, Lakeside School, Brookside School, Killinchy School, and Little Rakaia School.
In the 1870s, there were proposals to extend the Whitecliffs Branch railway into the Rakaia Gorge, and an 1880 Royal Commission on New Zealand's railway network was in favour of this proposal, but it never came to fruition.
A number of routes south were considered, and the one chosen was a compromise between a proposal to build a coastal line through fertile territory and a proposal to build an inland line to achieve easier crossings of rivers such as the Rakaia.
In the days of steam locomotives, the South Island Limited expresses were particularly famous ; drivers of J and J < sup > A </ sup > class locomotives claimed to have broken the official New Zealand railway speed record on a section of track near Rakaia called the " racetrack ".
Rakaia and renamed
She would represent this electorate until her retirement from politics in 2002, though it was renamed Rakaia in 1990.
Rakaia and Selwyn
* Selwyn District Council page for the Rakaia River
Rakaia and Rangitata
The area is commonly divided into North Canterbury ( north of the Rakaia River ), Mid Canterbury ( from the Rakaia River to the Rangitata River ), South Canterbury ( south of the Rangitata River ) and Christchurch ( Christchurch City ).
The Ashburton District extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Southern Alps, and from the Rangitata River to the Rakaia River, including the towns of Methven, Mount Somers, and Rakaia.
Rakaia and Banks
The mouth of the Rakaia River reaches the coast south of Banks Peninsula.
Rakaia and was
The Rakaia River Bridge was formally opened by the provincial Superintendent, William Rolleston, on 29 May 1873.
Rakaia was also the junction of the Methven Branch, a branch line railway to Methven that operated from 1880 until its closure in 1976.
The RDR was built between 2 April 1937 and 1944, and supplies water to the Montalto and Highbank schemes before joining the Rakaia River.
The Rakaia Gorge Bridge was completed in 1882
The Rakaia Gorge bridge was completed in 1882 and provides an inland alternative to the more frequently used Rakaia River bridge just north of the town of Rakaia.
Rakaia and .
New Zealand examples include the Rakaia, Ashburton and Hurunui river-mouths.
The hapua located at the mouth of the Rakaia River stretches approximately three kilometres north from where the river-mouth reaches the coast.
The coastal hinterland is composed of erodible cliffs and a low lying area commonly known as the Rakaia Huts.
The Rakaia River begins in the Southern Alps, providing approximately 4. 2 Mt per year of sediment to the east coast.
The Rakaia River in Canterbury, New Zealand has cut a channel 100 metres deep into the surrounding plains ; this river transports sediment to a lagoon located on the river-coast interface.
These barrier systems may enclose an estuary or lagoon system, like that of Lake Ellesmere enclosed by the Kaitorete Spit or hapua which form at river-coast interface such as at the mouth of the Rakaia River.
Mount Hutt rises to the west of the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand, above the braided upper reaches of the Rakaia River, and 80 kilometres west of Christchurch.
It is a gateway to the scenic Waimakariri and Rakaia Rivers and the Southern Alps, and is also a popular lift-off place for hot air ballooning.
Branching off from Rakaia, the Methven Branch travelled through Lauriston and Lyndhurst to Methven and operated from 1880 until 1976.
It is a minor tributary of the Rakaia River via the Harper and Wilberforce Rivers, south of Arthur's Pass in Canterbury.
These include Christchurch, Ashburton and Timaru, and the smaller Kaiapoi, Dunsandel, Rakaia, Temuka, and Glenavy.
Selwyn's importance waned when the railway reached the south bank of the Rakaia River, where the township of Rakaia formed.
The voters of the Rakaia electorate put Connell in Parliament in the 2002 election, replacing the retiring former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley as the local National Party candidate.
It is located 40 kilometres southwest of Christchurch, between the shore of Lake Ellesmere and the mouth of the Rakaia River.
The town of Rakaia is seated close to the southern banks of the Rakaia River on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island, on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line.
Aoraki and were
According to Māori legend, Aoraki was a young boy who, along with his three brothers, were the sons of Rakinui, the Sky Father.
Aoraki and was
Lincoln University ( Māori: Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki ) is a New Zealand university that was formed in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury.
In June 2012 an area of around Tekapo was declared the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve by the International Dark-Sky Association, one of only four such reserves around the world.
This was leased to the New Zealand Sports and Social Club and became known as Aorangi Park ( Aorangi means " Cloud Piercer ", and is the Māori part of Aoraki / Mount Cook ; " Aorangi " is the standard Māori spelling and " Aoraki " is used in the Māori dialect in the vicinity of the mountain ).
Aoraki and .
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching.
Aoraki and his brothers climbed onto the top side of their canoe.
Their canoe became the Te Waka o Aoraki, the South Island.
Aoraki, the tallest, became the highest peak, and his brothers created the Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, the Southern Alps.
The Ngāi Tahu, the main iwi ( tribe ) of New Zealand's southern region, consider Aoraki as the most sacred of the ancestors that they had descended from.
Aoraki brings the iwi with its sense of community and purpose, and remains the physical form of Aoraki and the link between the worlds of the supernatural and nature.
Aoraki / Mount Cook will be the starting point of the Alps to Ocean Cycle Trail to Oamaru, the trail to be constructed in the following years after approval in 2010 by the New Zealand Cycle Trail project.
Oamaru will be the end point of the Alps to Ocean Cycle Trail from Aoraki / Mount Cook, the trail to be constructed in the following years after approval in 2010 by the New Zealand Cycle Trail project.
The tallest peak is Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest point in New Zealand at and there are sixteen other points in the range that exceed 3, 000 metres in height.
According to Māori mythology, the sounds are the prows of the sunken waka ( canoe ) of Aoraki.
On the right side in the background is Aoraki / Mt Cook.
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand near the town of Twizel.
Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain and Aoraki / Mount Cook village lie within the park.
Glaciers cover 40 % of the park area, notably the Tasman Glacier on the slopes of Aoraki / Mt Cook.
These include New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki / Mt Cook, at 3753 metres.
More than 400 species of plants make up the vegetation in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, which include more than 100 introduced plant species such as the colourful Russell lupin, the wild cherry and wilding pines.
At the highest rocks of Aoraki / Mount Cook, around 14 species of lichen have been found.
This provides a road link to Fairlie, Twizel, Lake Tekapo, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Queenstown.
The headwaters of the Copland lie only eight kilometres to the northwest of Aoraki / Mount Cook in a valley overlooked by the peaks of Mt.
In clear weather, Aoraki / Mount Cook can be clearly seen to the south from near the town.
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