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Kōrero: Canterbury places

Crossing the Rakaia River

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Crossing the Rakaia River

The largest of Canterbury’s rivers, the Rakaia runs from glaciers to the sea. Near its head, you can only reach farms on the north bank by crossing on horseback or in a truck.

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by Jock Phillips

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John Wilson, Canterbury places – Mid-Canterbury ranges, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10284/crossing-the-rakaia-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 17 August 2015.