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  • After leaving Rangiora, which is about 8 miles from Kaiapoi, I followed the Harewood road till it became a mere track, then a footpath, and then dwindled away to nothing at all.

    A First Year in Canterbury Settlement 2004

  • But the trouble remains that Cedric lived to tell the tale, while _Rangiora_ died and had to have his tale told for him.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 Various

  • Give me for choice the Maori boy, _Rangiora_, and the half-Maori girl, _Puhi-Huia_, humans fit to be loved and admired.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 Various

  • They courted by letter across the Tasman Sea between Rangiora, where Wendy was nursing, and Adelaide, where John was a GP.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2011

  • The attempts took place at banks in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton, and at Rangiora, north of the city, after the passports were stolen in house burglaries in the Hutt Valley.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • Properties in the mid Canterbury town of Ashburton and at Rangiora, north of Christchurch, were also searched.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • "There were about four or five of us for the first hour [of the 33km run over Goat Pass] but we got to ` Big Boulders 'and I managed to get away, which was nice," said John, who originally hails from Rangiora.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By HAMISH BIDWELL 2010

  • Darfield shearer Brian Thomson is already a certainty, he says, and his teammate will be either Phil Oldfield, of Geraldine, Mike McConnell, of Cave, or Alan Gemmell, of Rangiora.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Yesterday, Orange took full advantage of a driving availability on the Pete Wallace-trained gelding to take out the Rangiora Winter Cup.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By MATT MARKHAM 2010

  • Dean Brownlie crafted an impressive century on his first class debut as Canterbury set Northern Districts an imposing first innings target in their Plunket Shield cricket match at Rangiora.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

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