The Waimakariri district has many sites and buildings of historic significance.
A small selection of the places open to the public are presented here.
Please note that entry is not necessarily free, sometimes admission is
by donation or koha. In some cases, you may need to make special arrangements
to view. Please pay a visit and help keep our heritage places alive!
Remember to visit the properties in the care of the Historic Places Trust
- you can find out more about those in the Canterbury region by clicking
the map at right.
Ohoka Homestead Gardens
25 Jacksons Road, Ohoka
The garden is set around the historic Ohoka Homestead and
stables and has origins dating back 130 years to when the
homestead was built.
Open: the gardens are open to groups from November to March
by appointment only
This was one of the most important pa of the Ngai Tahu and
the site of major greenstone workings. The pa was attacked
by Te Rauparaha in 1831 and many Ngai Tahu killed. A monument
was erected on the remaining earthworks in 1898.
Learn
more about the historic sites in the care of the Historic Places
Trust located in and around the Canterbury
region of New Zealand
HERITAGE
TRAILS
Silent
Stronghold
Kaiapoi
Pa was the firstgerat site established after Ngai Tahu migrated
from the North Island. Built in about 1700 by Moki for his
brother Turakautahi, who led that migration, it became the
tribe’s largest and most important stronghold, being
headquarters of the tribe’s leading chiefs and having
a population of more than 1000 by the time of recorded history.
Learn
more about the historic sites in the care of the Historic Places
Trust located in and around the 
