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Kōrero: Canterbury region

Country towns

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Country towns

Small towns grew throughout Canterbury to service the rural districts in the 19th century. After the Second World War many began to decline, but they are still a distinctive feature of Canterbury. This scene of farming people with their horses at Cheviot in 2006 conveys something of the spirit of small-town life.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Jock Phillips

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John Wilson, Canterbury region – Agriculture after 1900, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10327/country-towns (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.