Kainga

Kainga is a settlement on the southern bank of the Waimakariri River, just north of Christchurch, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It lies immediately to the south of Kaiapoi, on a small road leading northeast from SH 1[1]

This article is about a locality. For the type of Māori village, see Kāinga.

Originally established as a small group of fishing huts on the south side of the Waimakariri, it later developed into a small residential area.[2] A small forestry plantation lies to the southeast of the settlement.[1]

References
  1. Dowling, P. (ed.) (2004). ’’Reed New Zealand atlas’’. Auckland: Reed Publishing. ISBN 0 7900 0952 8. Map 82.
  2. Wise's New Zealand guide (1969) Dunedin: H. Wise & Co., p. 110.


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