A Gazetteer for South
Canterbury
R denotes Railway Station or Goods Shed * denotes Post Office 1957 Adair 5m W Timaru Albury R * 29m W Timaru Allandale 3m Fairlie Arno 5m Waimate Arowhenua * 14m NE Timaru Ashwick Flat 12m NW Fairlie Balmoral 30m W Fairlie Beaconfield 9m Timaru Beautiful Valley 15m SW Winchester Belfield 4m Orari Blue Cliffs 11m SW St. Andrews Burkes Pass * 14m W FairlieCannington 8m Cave Cartwrights 5m Timaru Cattle Valley 8m Fairlie Cave R * 22m W Timaru Chamberlain 6m Albury Clandeboye * NE Timaru Clayton Settlement 12m N Fairlie Claremont 8m W Timaru Clearburn * 45 NE Kurow Cricklewood R 6m SE Fairlie Esk Valley 5m St. Andrews Fairlie R* 39m W Timaru Fairview 5m W Timaru Ferintosh 48m Fairlie Four Peaks 20m W Orari Gapes Valley 16m W Orari Geraldine 4m Orari Glenavy R* 14 N Oamaru Glen-iti * 3m Timaru Glentanner * 52m W Fairlie Grassy Hills 21m W Waimate Hadlow 4m Timaru Hannaton 2m Studholme Hakataramea * 2m Kurow Hazelburn 8m Pleasant Point Highfield 2m Timaru Hermitage 98m W Fairlie Hilton 9m Orari Hook R 22m S Timaru Hunter 6m MakikihiIkawai 12m SW Glenavy Kakahu 10m Pleasant Point Kaingapi 14m Kurow Kellys Bush 4m Waimate Kenningston 2m Timaru Kerrytown * 2m Levels Kimbell 4 m Fairlie Kowhuta 22 NE Kurow Kurow R * 42m NW Oamaru Lake Ohau * 65m NW Kurow Lake Pukaki * 56m W Fairlie Lake Tekapo * 27m W Fairlie Levels 6m NW Timaru Limestone Valley 4m Sutherlands Lyalldale 5m St. Andrews McLeans 6m Waimate Makikihi R * 38m S Timaru Maungati * 10m Pareora Maungatiro 11 NW Kurow Ma Waro R 25 W Timaru Melville Downs 5m Fairlie Middle Valley 5m Fairlie Milford 4m Temuka Morven R* 21m N Oamaru Mt. Cook 132m NW Timaru Mt. Nessing 8m SW Albury Normanby R 4m S Timaru Ohape 4m Temuka Omararama 34m NW Kurow Opihi 5m Pleasant Point Orari R * 8m Temuka Otaio R. 14 S Timaru Otematata 18m NW Kurow Otipua 6m SW Timaru Painstown 3m Waimate Pareora R * 7m S Timaru Pareora West 8m S Pareora Peel Forest * 14m NW Rangitata Pentland Hills 18m NW Waimate Piano Flat 2m Glenavy Pleasant Point R * 13m Timaru Pleasant Valley 10m NW Orari Pukaki 56m SW Fairlie Raincliff 12m NW Pleasant Point Rangitata R. * 14m N Temuka Rangitata Island R 1m Rangitata Rapuwai 12m NW Pleasant Point Redcliffs 12m W Glenavy Rocky Gully 2m Albury Rosewill 3m Washdyke St. Andrews R * 10m SW Timaru Salisbury 4m Timaru Sawdon * 19 W Fairlie Seadown R * 7m N Timaru Seaforth 2m Washdyke Sherwood Downs 14 N Fairlie Skipton 3m St. Andrews Simons Pass * nr Lake Pukaki Smithfield R 2m Timaru Smithfield Settlement 3m Winchester Southburn 7m SW St Andrews Springbrook 3m St Andrews Strachans R 4m E Kurow Struan 24m NW Waimate Studholme Junction R * 24½m S Timaru Sutherlands R 17m W Timaru Taiko 4m Sutherlands Tawai 7 m W Glenavy Te Moana 10m NW Winchester Temuka R * 12 N Timaru Tengawai R 20m W Timaru Teschmakers Settlement 10m Makikihi The Forks * 12m Waiho Timaru R* 100 S Christchurch Timaru South * Timaru Totara Valley 6m Pleasant Point Trentham 7m Fairlie Tripps Settlement 12m Orari Upper Hook 5m W Hook Upper Waitohi 4m Waitohi Flat ?Uratane 4m Waimate Waihao Downs 9m SW Waimate Waihao Forks * 2m SW Waimate Waihaorunga 15m SW Waimate Waikakahi 12m Waimate Waikaorunga 12m Waihao Forks Waimataitai *2m Timaru Waimate 4m Studholme Waitaki R * 13m N Oamaru Waitaki Hydro 5m Kurow Waitawa R 10m NW Timaru Waitohi Flat 5m Temuka Waituna 4m Waimate Washdyke R * 3m N Timaru Watlington 2m Timaru Wharua 7m NW Kurow Willowbridge R 27m S Timaru Winchester R * 4m N Temuka Winscombe R 3m E Fairlie Woodbury * 11m NW Orari
Cyclopedia of New Zealand
Satellite Maps
Towns in South Canterbury
Wise's NZ Index : Every Place in NZ
The Story of New Zealand Place Names by A.W. Reed. 1st edition 1952. 1956
South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project
For the more obscure names try Land Information NZ site.