Rakaia
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Rakaia is a town sited on the southern banks of the Rakaia River on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island, approximately 57 km south of Christchurch on State Highway 1 and the Main South
The Big Salmon of Rakaia
War Memorial Rakaia
Rakaia Post Office Building built 1910
Bank of New Zealand Building, Rakaia
Methven, New Zealand
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Methven is a small town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located near the western edge of the Canterbury Plains, 34 km north of Ashburton and 95 km west of Christchur
Rakaia
…point. Both bridges are approximately 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) in length. Rakaia was also the junction of the Methven Branch, a branch line railway to Methven that operated from 1880 until its closure in 1976. An accident at the railway station in 1899 killed four people. Rakaia's most obvious feature is a…
Methven town centre
Statue commemorating the centennial of Methven and Districts (1879–1979)
Methven Town Centre (October 2020)
The Methven Walkway alongside the Rangitata Diversion Race, with Mt Hutt in the distance