Eyreton, originally known as Eyretown, is a small village in the
Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour.
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region of New Zealand's
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
. It is named after
Edward John Eyre, who at one time was the lieutenant governor of the South Island (then known as
New Munster). It is a rural village located to the west of
Kaiapoi, near the north bank of the
Waimakariri River
The Waimakariri River is one of the largest rivers in Canterbury, on the eastern coast of New Zealand's South Island. It flows for in a generally southeastward direction from the Southern Alps across the Canterbury Plains to the Pacific Ocean.
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.
Although a
branch line railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
called the
Eyreton Branch
The Eyreton Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealand's national rail network. Located in the Canterbury region of the South Island, it left the Main North Line in Kaiapoi and was built a mere ten kilometres south of t ...
existed, it never actually ran through Eyreton; its route from Kaiapoi to
West Eyreton
West Eyreton is a small rural village in the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is west of Kaiapoi and north-west of Eyreton and is named after Edward John Eyre, a 19th-century lieutenant governor of the ...
passed north of the village.
Demographics
Eyreton is part of the wider
Swannanoa-Eyreton statistical area.
References
External links
2001 census data and community profile
{{Waimakariri River
Waimakariri District
Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand