Site map

• About
  • Locations and hours
  • Library news
  • Events and programmes
    • Preschoolers Events
      • Toddlertimes
      • Storytimes
      • Babytimes
    • Kids Events
      • LEGO Club
      • Gaming Night
      • HELL Pizza Reading Challenge
      • Kids Book Group
    • Adults Events
      • Free Computer Training at the Library
      • Movie Mornings
      • Ancestry
      • Games for Grownups
      • Drop-In Sessions: accessing library services online
      • Book Groups
    • Calendar
  • Borrowing
    • Libraries fees and charges
  • Membership
    • Conditions of membership
    • Wrybills
  • Library services
    • Services
      • Community Well-being Amendment Bill
    • Printing and Copying
    • Book A Librarian
    • Newspapers held by the Waimakairiri Libraries
  • Community services
  • Pegasus: Reading In Mind
• eLibrary
  • eBooks
  • A-Z eResources
    • Subjects
  • Newspapers and magazines
    • Using Ebsco databases
    • Historic Newspaper Collection
  • Kids eLibrary
    • NZ Geographic
  • Student eResources
  • Community eResources
• Kids and youth
  • Kids space
    • Kids eLibrary
    • Kids Events
      • LEGO Club
      • Gaming Night
      • HELL Pizza Reading Challenge
      • Kids Book Group
    • Kids reading
      • Latest Kids Reading List 2018
    • Preschool
      • Babytimes
      • Toddlertimes
      • Storytimes
  • Youth zone
    • Read
      • Youth reading lists
        • Youth reading lists 2
    • Study
    • Live
  • Events and programmes
  • For parents
    • Babytimes rhymes and songs
    • How to have a happy babytimes
      • Can't get along to Babytimes? Try some of our favourite rhymes and songs at home
    • Encouraging your child's reading
  • For teachers
• Reading
  • Read
    • Youth reading lists
      • Youth reading lists 2
  • Kids reading
    • Latest Kids Reading List 2018
  • What do I read next?
    • Library News August 2018 - Reading For Pleasure
  • Award Winners and Top Picks
  • Newsletter Archive
  • Book Reviews
• Heritage
  • Local History
    • Places of the Waimakariri
      • Rangiora
        • A brief history of the Waimakariri District Council
        • History of the Rangiora library
        • A brief history of Religion in the Waimakariri District
        • History of parks and reserves of Rangiora
        • History of Rangiora County Council
        • History of Rangiora railway station
        • History of the Chamber Gallery
        • History of Victoria park band rotunda and domain gates
        • History of the Churches in Rangiora, Southbrook and Fernside
      • Kaiapoi
        • History of the Kaiapoi band rotunda
        • A brief history of the Kaiapoi war memorial
        • The history of the MV Tuhoe
        • A brief history of the Kaiapoi railway station
        • A brief history of the Kaiapoi Borough Council
          • Hector George McAllister
        • History of the Kaiapoi Pa
        • History of the Kaiapoi woollen mills
        • A history of the parks and reserves of Kaiapoi
        • History of the Churches in Kaiapoi
        • History of the Kaiapoi public library
      • Oxford and Districts
        • History of Oxford local government
        • History of the Oxford-Rangiora-Sheffield railway line
        • History of Churches in Oxford, Carleton, Coopers Creek, Cust and Horrelville
        • History of the Oxford library
        • History of the Oxford town hall
      • History of Street Names
      • Surrounding Areas
        • History of the Churches of Tuahiwi, Waikuku and Woodend
        • History of the Churches of Clarkville, Eyreton, Flaxton, Ohoka and Swannanoa
        • History of Churches of Ashley, Loburn and Sefton
        • History of the Eyre County Council
        • History of the Ashley County Council
        • History of the Eyreton Railway Line
    • People of the Waimakariri
      • Ursula Bethell - 1874-1945
      • Maramaduke Dixon - 1828-1895
      • John E Horrell - 1896-1987
      • Howard Kippenberger - 1897- 1957
      • Hector McAllister -1916 - 2005
      • Marmaduke Spencer-Bower - 1905- 2004
      • Charles Torlesse - 1825 -1866
      • William Trethewey - 1892-1956
      • Henry Trousselot- 1860-1926
      • James Wylde - 1825-1908
      • Mayors of Waimakariri District
      • Mayors of Kaiapoi
      • Mayors of Rangiora Borough
    • Kete Waimakariri
    • Digital resources
      • Photo gallery
    • Museums
  • Genealogy
    • Resources at Waimakariri Libraries
      • Family Histories of local people in the Waimakariri District Libraries
      • New Zealand genealogy
      • Resources from other countries
    • Genealogy Websites