Kaiapoi is a small dormitory town 20 kilometres north of
Christchurch. It is sited on the banks of the Kaiapoi River. When
the first Europeans arrived in 1850 there were only about 50 Maoris
living in the area. Earlier, a large Maori population lived at
Kaiapohia Pa (from which the town got its name) 8 kilometres north
of Kaiapoi but they were almost totally wiped out in a raid in 1832
by war chief Te Rauparaha.
Kaiapoi became a town in it’s own right in 1868. It was the
river that gave early importance to Kaiapoi. There were no roads
and the railway didn’t reach Kaiapoi until 1872. As many as 70
coastal trading vessels operated to and from the port of Kaiapoi,
mooring on both banks of the river adjacent to and even upstream of
the present road bridge.
This cache will require you to find the locations where the
following photographs were taken. Each photo lists its distance
from the cache site. It is suggested that you park your car in the
central town area and do this cache on foot. There are information
offices in the central town area that maybe of some assistance. You
will be required to work out from the distances given the final
location. Some knowledge of school geometry will be required, hence
the difficulty status. Allow an hour or two for the visit.
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| Feature – distance to cache (+/- 8
metres) |
Oldest church in Canterbury – 600 metres
 |
Where’s the train? – 530 metres
 |
Many blankets were made here – 930 metres
 |
River view – 120 metres
 |
The cache is an 800 ml camo painted container. When placed it
contained the following items:
- logbook
- mousetrap
- pair of dice
- 2 glo sticks
- pack of self stick gold foil labels
I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my town.
This cache was inspired by the Spring
Geometry (Auckland) and Domain
Terrain (Auckland) caches.