Local History Digital Content

Waimakariri District Libraries has access to a growing collection of digitised content both in our collection and from museums and private collections.

Kete Waimakariri

The aim of the Kete Project is to celebrate who we are and how we live and what we do through photographs, video, audio footage and stories. 

Kete - Rangiora Museum

Streets Through Time is a collaborative venture between the libraries of the Waimakariri, Hurunui, Selwyn, Ashburton, Timaru, Waimate, Mackenzie District and Christchurch City.

District Photos

Online Photo Galleries from the District Museums

Trevor Inch Memorial Library (Rangiora)

Rangiora Cenotaph

Kaiapoi War Memorial

eBooks

Brockelbank, C (Comp.) (1941). Old Kaiapoi: a collection of memoirs. Rangiora: The North Canterbury Gazette.

Hawkins, D N (2001). Beyond the Waimakariri: a regional history. North Canterbury: Waimakariri District Council & Hurunui District Council.

Hawkins, D N (1983). Rangiora: the passing years and people in a Canterbury country town. Rangiora: Rangiora Borough Council.

Wood, P J (Ed.) (1993). Women of the Waimakariri. Rangiora: The Waimakariri District Women's Suffrage Centennial Committee.

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