13 Facts About Kaiapoi

Kaiapoi is a town in the Waimakariri District of the Canterbury region, in the South Island of New Zealand.

Kaiapoi is known for its substantial precolonial pa, established by powerful Kai Tahu nobleman Turakautahi.

Kaiapoi's family controlled the pa he established in the area until it was sacked in 1830.

Kaiapoi suffered extensive damage in the 2010 Canterbury and the February 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, which rendered many homes uninhabitable and businesses inoperable.

Kaiapoi takes its name from the Maori pa which was built just north of the site of the current town around the year 1700 by the Ngai Tahu chief Turakautahi.

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Kaiapoi is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a medium urban area and covers 14.

Kaiapoi is known as the 'River Town' after the Kaiapoi River, a tributary of the Waimakariri River that flows through the centre of the town.

Kaiapoi was well known for the woollen mill run by the Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company, and many woollen items produced at the mill can still be found throughout the world.

In some counts of the latter city's population, Kaiapoi is included as a suburb of Christchurch but most people from the area would maintain that it is a town in its own right.

Kaiapoi has five schools: three primary schools, one high school, and a teen parent unit attached to the high school.

Kaiapoi has many public recreational facilities including parks, playgrounds, an indoor swimming pool complex, a river with three boat ramps, and a speedway.

Club sports that are hosted in Kaiapoi include soccer, rugby, tennis, cricket, dragon boat racing, rowing, swimming, softball, field hockey, table tennis, bowls, golf, and netball.

The Kaiapoi Bulldogs won their first Premiership title in 2007, the club's jubilee 50th season.