Waipara

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Waipara is a small, dominated by sheep farming village in the north of the Canterbury region in New Zealand. The village is located about 60 km north of Christchurch and 55 km south-west of Cheviot.

It is located on the north bank of the Waipara River and at the junction of State Highway 1 with State Highway 7

The main railway line Main North Line runs through Waipara where the circulating between Picton and Christchurch TranzCoastal has a breakpoint. Another railway line, the Weka Pass Railway, has its basis in Waipara and runs from here 12 km to Waikari. While you use the route of the former Waiau Branch, a branch line of the Main North Line to Waiau.

The area Waipara is a wine region. Predominantly Pinot noir, Riesling and Chardonnay are grown. Waipara has the highest summer temperatures and lowest rainfall of all New Zealand wine regions.

The village has a primary school, which had 68 students in 2010.

Attractions

South of the town is the farm Glenmark. The ruins of the dwelling house, the barn, the house of the manager and another building are recognized by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust monuments.

The St. Paul's Anglican Church is an Anglican church in the north of the town, which was built as the commemoration of the sheep farmer George Henry Moore.

Julius von Haast discovered in 1867 near Waipara moa bones. At the bridge of Waipara in 1939 have been recovered from a swamp five well -preserved skeletons of the extinct bird.