Thanks to Waimakariri Irrigation Ltd for hearing a Wolffs Bridge group presentation recently. We value WIL as a river user nearby.

Letter is situated some two miles from the historic Lake of Menteith, and about four from Callander. The romantic Loch Rusky lies nearby, and the Peaks of Beinn Dearg and Ben Gullipen dominate the homestead. Letter marches with Glenny on the top of Beinn Dearg. Between these heights lies the mountain tarn of Loch an Balloch. The district teems with legends of the ancient warlike days. The scene of one

West Eyreton Historic Trail *Notes originally compiled by Bernard Kingsbury, Cust and Districts Museum   Parts of five different pastoral runs were issued in the district by the Canterbury Association between 1851-53.  They were north of the Eyre River, Murphy’s “Tara” and Chapman’s “Springbank” and south of it, Dixon’s “Eyrewell”, “Worlingham” and Run No.78. “Tara” and “Springbank” were bounded by the Chapman’s Boundary and Garterys roads. Settlers and speculators could

The Mandeville Sports Club is an 80ha block of land situated in the Mandeville district of North Canterbury between Rangiora and Kaiapoi, around 20 kilometers north of central Christchurch. This piece of land off Tram Rd was originally titled the Ohoka Eyreton Domain and was designated as an area set aside for recreation and sporting activity by the Government of the day back in 1860. Initially the block was leased

A key question for this Waimakariri District Council election campaign, How do you propose to reduce the debt? In council, there are two ways to pay for capital projects. Borrow, or raise rates (or both). To clamp down severely on loan funding leaves you only with rate rises as a way to pay for services Going only to rates makes today’s generation pay the entire cost of an asset that

The newly-formed Wolffs Road Footbridge Society Inc (WRFSI) is leading the restoration of the historic suspension bridge, a heritage-listed pedestrian bridge in West Eyreton. The Wolffs Road Footbridge has a span of 73 metres and was constructed in circa 1948. The structure consists of steel rail iron towers with four wire rope suspension cables (two each side of the structure) which provide support to the timber stringers and deck through

  West Eyreton Heritage Project At the Boards October 2021 meeting, a deputation was made by Tim Fulton from West Eyreton regarding the state of the mound where the West Eyreton Train Platform once stood. Tim was concerned that this landmark was being eroded by time as cattle walking along North Eyre Road and that people couldn’t recognise that this was the site of the old train station as pictured

    Honours Board     Swannanoa Championship Teams   1950/1951  Junior B Champions   1977/1978  Second Grade Champions   1980/1981  Second Grade Champions   1987/1988? Second Grade Champions   1987/1988? M.A. Bennett Esq. Cup Winners   1990/1991   Second Grade 2 Day Champions   1991/1992   Second Grade 2 Day Champions   1995/1996  Third Grade One Day Champions   1999/2000  Second Grade One Day Champions   2009/2010  Third Grade One Day