Flaxton, New Zealand

Coordinates: 43°21′S 172°38′E / 43.35°S 172.63°E

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Flaxton
Rural Area
Flaxton
Coordinates: 43°21′S 172°38′E / 43.35°S 172.63°E / -43.35; 172.63
Country	New Zealand
Region	Canterbury
Territorial authority	Waimakariri District
Electorates	Waimakariri Te Tai Tonga (Maori electorate)^[1]
Time zone	UTC+12 (NZST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode	7691
Area code	03
Local iwi	Ngāi Tahu

Flaxton is a small rural community in between the towns of Rangiora and Kaiapoi in the Waimakariri District, New Zealand.

History

Flaxton is in the middle of what was once the Rangiora swamp. Plans for the drainage of this swamp (4000 acres) were prepared, and the first two miles of main drain were cut in about 1860. Two years later another two and a half miles were added, and also several branch drains. These drains have had the effect of drying the land, and lowering the level of the ground in places by as much as eight feet.^[2]

Climate

The average temperature in summer is 16.2, and in winter is 6.4.^[3]

Month	Normal temperature
January	16.7 °C
February	16.3 °C
March	15.0 °C
April	12.1 °C
May	8.8 °C
June	6.3 °C
July	5.8 °C
August	7.1 °C
September	9.4 °C
October	11.4 °C
November	13.5 °C
December	15.5 °C

References

^ "Electorate Boundaries". Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
^ "FLAXTON". THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
^ "Weather statistics for Flaxton, Canterbury (New Zealand)". yr.no. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.

The territorial authority of Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand

Populated places; seat: Rangiora • Waimakariri District Council

Kaiapoi-Woodend Ward

Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Sub-Division	Clarkville Kaiapoi Kairaki Ohapuku The Pines Beach Flaxton Tuahiwi
Woodend-Sefton Sub-Division	Coldstream Pegasus Saltwater Creek Sefton Waikuku Waikuku Beach Woodend Woodend Beach

Oxford-Ohoka Ward

Ohoka-Swannanoa Sub-Division	Eyreton Eyrewell Mandeville North Ohoka Swannanoa West Eyreton Wetheral Wilsons Siding
Oxford Sub-Division	Ashley Gorge Bennetts Bexley Burnt Hill Carleton Coopers Creek Gammans Creek Glenburn Glentui Horrellville Lees Valley Oxford Okuku Range Rockford Starvation Hill The Warren View Hill Okuku Hills

Rangiora-Ashley Ward

Ashley Sub-Division	Ashley Loburn Loburn North Okuku Whiterock Cust Fernside Springbank Summerhill
Rangiora Sub-Division	Rangiora Southbrook

Schools

Primary

Secondary

Area

Disestablished

Primary	Okuku Whiterock

Facilities

Sports clubs

Electorates

Historic	Ashley Hurunui Kaiapoi Rangiora
Current	Kaikōura Waimakariri

Member of
Parliament

for the Kaikōura electorate	N Doug Kidd (1996–99) N Lynda Scott (1999–2005) N Colin King (2005–14) N Stuart Smith (2014–present)
for the Waimakariri electorate	L Mike Moore (1996–99) L Clayton Cosgrove (1999–2011) N Kate Wilkinson (2011–14) N Matt Doocey (2014–present)

Mayor

Trevor Inch (1989–95)
Janice Skurr (1995–2001)
Jim Gerard (2001–07)
Ron Keating (2007–10)
David Ayers (2010–2019)
Dan Gordon (2019–present)

Bodies of water

Transportation

Other

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