Flaxton, New Zealand

43°21′S 172°38′E / 43.35°S 172.63°E / -43.35; 172.63CountryNew ZealandRegionCanterburyTerritorial authorityWaimakariri DistrictElectoratesWaimakariri
Te Tai Tonga (Maori electorate)^[1]Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST) • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)PostcodeArea code03Local iwiNgāi 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

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